OHIO, USA — Editor's note: This story was originally published by the Ohio Capital Journal and was republished under Creative Common license.

A measure that includes the Ten Commandments in a list of “historical documents” was passed in the Ohio Senate on Wednesday. Ohio’s public schools will be required to display at least some of the documents on the list in each classroom of each school, according to Ohio Senate Bill 34 .

The bill passed 23-10 Wednesday evening.

Other documents on the list include:

U.S. Constitution

Articles of Confederation

Bill of Rights

Declaration of Independence

Northwest Ordinance

Magna Carta

mottos for Ohio and the United States.

Democrats in the Senate took issue with the bill, saying it went against the wishes of the founders not only

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