The Kern County Board of Education decided Tuesday night to abandon its effort to place the Ten Commandments at public school sites, ending a year-long consideration of the controversial proposal.
The board had been openly endorsing the plan to display the Ten Commandments at school facilities for the past year. However, the decision comes after a federal judge ordered a Texas school district last month to remove its Ten Commandments display from public classrooms following a lawsuit.
Board President Mary Little said the recent legal ruling influenced the board’s decision to drop the matter…