Ala. Voters OK Displays of Ten Commandments; "First State to Acknowledge That We Want God"

In the elections held last Tuesday (November 6), voters in Alabama approved the public display of the Ten Commandments, the Christian Headlines website reports today (November 9, 2018).

The vote adds an amendment to the state's constitution that reaffirms religious liberty for all people, allows the display of the Ten Commandments according to certain constitutional standards, and forbids the expenditure of public money in defense of the amendment on the displays it authorizes.

The measure -- favored by more than 71 percent of Alabama voters -- reads: "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama in 1901, providing for certain religious rights and liberties; authorizing the display of the Ten Commandments on state property and property owned or administered by a public school or public body; and prohibiting the expenditure of public funds in defense of the constitutionality of this amendment."

The amendment's leading advocate, Dean Young, said: "The people we were hearing from are super excited to have this opportunity to go down in history as the first state to acknowledge that we want God, that is the Christian God, in their Constitution..."