Oklahoma state Capitol to display Ten Commandments

 
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT
Published: May 19, 2009

Not even a popular governor dared stand in the way of the Ten Commandments.

Gov. Brad Henry , with some polls showing him having a popularity rating of nearly 70 percent, signed without comment Monday a measure to place a Ten Commandments monument on the state Capitol grounds.

Had Henry vetoed House Bill 1330, it was likely the GOP-run Legislature would have overridden it, something that has occurred only once in...


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