Written by Don Byrd
In a statement today, the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty argued that recently passed legislation authorizing a Ten Commandments display at the Oklahoma State Capitol should be vetoed by Governor Brad Henry.
K. Hollyn Hollman, Baptist Joint Committee general counsel, said that government displays of the Ten Commandments tend to send a message of exclusion to those who do not share the Judeo Christian tradition and a message of favoritism to those who do.
“We should be more concerned with following the Ten Commandments rather than merely posting them on government property,” Hollman said. “Religion flourishes best when the separation of church and state is protected.”
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