The debate over displaying the Ten Commandments in some Kern County schools is heating up as advocates continue to push for its inclusion. Opinions are divided, with some arguing against the display in educational settings.
A woman, who wished to remain anonymous, expressed her internal conflict, saying, “I’m actually torn between the idea because once you start putting that in the classroom and schools for the Christian faith and what is in the Bible, then do we start putting the other faiths’ creeds in the schools?”
Pastor Angelo Frazier, who led the initiative discussed at a Kern County Board of Education meeting earlier this year, acknowledged the expected pushback but emphasized the importance of the process.
“And somebody asked me: What if you don’t believe? And that’s perfect, I don’t think you have to believe. But believing or not believing does not change the fact about how we got here. We got here through that foundation,” Frazier said…