It's a nationwide controversy. Should the Ten Commandments be posted in schools and courthouses? Is that a violation of the separation of church and state?
Last year, the Tennessee legislature passed a law allowing the commandments to be displayed as a "historically significant" document.
At their January 24th meeting, the Cumberland County Board of Education voted to allow the Ten Commandments to be posted in their schools along with other documents like the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
Although it is legal now in Tennessee, the school board's attorney advised them they could still be opening themselves up to a lawsuit as one of the first in the state to take a stand.
Each school in the district has a Freedom Wall where historical documents are displayed. That's where the Ten Commandments could be posted in the future, though there are no immediate plans to do so.
Director of Schools Aarona VanWinkle declined an interview, but gave us this statement:
"The public schools are charged with teaching our history and heritage to students; we are not responsible for religious instruction - matters wisely left to families and religious organizations."
Cumberland County schools approves posting of Ten Commandments
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