COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Republican state lawmakers Wednesday advanced legislation that would encourage more religion in public schools.

During marathon sessions in each chamber Wednesday, when lawmakers passed dozens of bills , an Ohio House bill advanced that would allow teaching the positive impacts of Christianity . The Senate passed a bill that would allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms.

Those two bills, which would apply to traditional public and charter schools, passed their chambers of origin and now head to the other chambers for consideration.

The legislation advances as the Republican-dominated General Assembly has backed a flurry of bills reflecting their cultural beliefs. In addition to the two religion-oriented bills, the Ohio House sent to the Senate a

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