Many groups including the Baptist Joint Committee urged Governor Brad Henry not to sign legislation authorizing a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the Capitol. Yesterday, however he did just that.
Not even a popular governor dared stand in the way of the Ten Commandments.
Gov. Brad Henry, with some polls showing him having a popularity rating of nearly 70 percent, signed without comment Monday a measure to place a Ten Commandments monument on the state Capitol grounds.
Had Henry vetoed House Bill 1330, it was likely the GOP-run Legislature would have overridden it, something that has occurred only once in the 61/2 years Henry has been governor.
