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(NewsNation) — A measure requiring the show of the Ten Commandments successful nationalist buildings and classrooms was signed into instrumentality successful Arkansas on Monday.
It became the 2nd authorities successful the United States to instrumentality the mandate, pursuing Oklahoma.
However, 1 Arkansas pastor is unhappy with the move.
"In my religion tradition, we are precise alert of the unsafe toils and snares of state-sponsored religion," Preston Clegg, pastor of the Second Baptist Church successful Little Rock, Arkansas, told "The Hill."
"We've borne the brunt of state-sponsored religion successful our history, and truthful to person this passed astatine a authorities level, truthful that it's successful nationalist school, state-sponsored classrooms, is thing that's of sedate interest to me."
Despite immoderate proponents suggesting it is tied to the past of the United States and should beryllium present, Clegg believes differently.
"I've spent my full vocation teaching Judeo-Christian values. I deliberation they should beryllium taught successful churches and synagogues. In Arkansas, we bash not deficiency for churches, we bash not deficiency for synagogues," helium said.
"We bash not deficiency for clergy who tin thatch these Ten Commandments and person communities that embody these Ten Commandments, alternatively than sever them from their biblical discourse and station them connected walls successful nationalist schoolhouse classrooms."
