5 Tennessee School Districts to Display the Ten Commandments

5 Tennessee school districts to display the Ten Commandments

The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Freedom From Religion Foundation sent public records requests to Blount, Rutherford, Washington, White and Wilson counties school districts.

Organizations requests records on Washington County Schools' Ten Commandments plans

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Multiple civil rights organizations have requested all public records from Washington County Schools and four other Tennessee school districts regarding their plans to post the Ten Commandments in school buildings. On Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the [...]

Civil rights groups want records from school districts with plans to post the Ten Commandments

Five school district in Tennessee are being asked to turn over public records regarding their decisions to post the Ten Commandments in schools.  The request was made in letters sent by several civil rights groups to the schools districts. More: Wilson County school board votes to display Ten Commandments The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Freedom From Religion Foundati…

ACLU queries Tennessee school districts on Ten Commandments

A coalition including the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee and the Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking school districts about their plans to post the Ten Commandments in schools. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)A group led by the American Civil Liberties Union is seeking information from five Tennessee school districts about their plans to post the Ten Commandments after a new state law allowed the Bible document to go…