Protect Separation of Church and State!

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Ohio lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms Senate Bill 34 makes the Ten Commandments one of nine “historical educational” documents school districts, charter schools and STEM schools could display in each classroom. The legislation requires that at least one document on the list must be displayed.

This is a plainly obvious attempt to impose explicit religious beliefs and practices on young, captive audiences in our public schools. Schools should not be pawns in larger culture wars, and SB 34 intentionally blurs the lines between the separation of church and state.

Public schools are not Sunday schools, and religious freedom thrives best when the government stays out of it.

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Members of the Ohio House Education Committee

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Public schools are not Sunday schools, and religious freedom thrives best when the government stays out of it.

The recipients:

Members of the Ohio House Education Committee

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I urge you to vote NO on Senate Bill 34.

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I strongly urge you to protect the rights and dignity of immigrant communities in Ohio by REJECTING HB 26.

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