Indiana’s failed 10 Commandments bill was part of an ongoing national debate – THE INDIANA CITIZEN

During HB 1086’s public testimony in committee, Zachary Parish, the co-founder of the Secular Education Association, said the intent of the bill was to enforce religion in classrooms. 

“The debate around the Ten Commandments and public schools had been long settled,” Parrish said. “The intent of the bill is very clear.”

Executive director of the Indiana Family Institute, Ryan McCann, said the Ten Commandments is the foundation of Western law as well as moral instruction. 

“We really think this is a no-brainer to encourage this kind of morality within Western civilization,” McCann said. “They’re really the basis of morality and understanding that we have in our country … and how to live together as citizens.”