Ohio GOP to schools: Thou shalt add the Ten Commandments

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Republican senators have passed a bill that would allow and put a display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. This is just one of the recent pieces of legislation that would add more Christianity to the education system.

One of the longest battles of all time: how involved should religion be in the government? For some state lawmakers, it hasn’t been enough.

"It is inexcusable that more focus has not been shown towards these historic texts," state Sen. Terry Johnson (R-McDermott) said.

The majority of GOP senators passed S.B. 34 , which would require public schools to display "historic" texts in classrooms. The list includes the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Articles of Confederation, the mottoes of both