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10 Commandments resolution passes

Associated Press

COLUMBIA--House members had an emotional debate Wednesday on a resolution asking Congress to amend the U.S. Constitution to allow the display of the Ten Commandments in schools and public buildings.

The resolution, which was adopted on an 89-19 vote, does not have the force of law but simply records the sense of the body. Rep. Thad Viers, R-Myrtle Beach, sponsored the resolution after the publicity surrounding Alabama judge Roy Moore, who lost his job in a battle to keep a Ten Commandments monument on display.

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