Oklahoma salute sought for commandments

 
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT
Published: January 27, 2009

A lawmaker says it’s time Oklahoma had its monument featuring the Ten Commandments on the state Capitol grounds.

No state money would be used to buy or place the monument, said Rep. Mike Ritze , author of House Bill 1330 on the matter. He would leave it up to state officials to decide where the monument, expected to cost no more than $10,000, should go.

Ritze, elected last year to the Legislature, said C...


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