My Way News - Tennessee plan to make Bible 'official' book derailed
My Way News reports: "The Bible usually unites Republicans in conservative Tennessee, but
lately it is proving to be — as an epistle writer put it — more powerful
and sharper than a double-edged sword. Legislators here are deeply divided over a proposal to make the holy
text an official state book, with some saying it's far too sacred to be
trivialized like the state fruit (tomato), the state amphibian
(Tennessee cave salamander) and several state songs ('Tennessee Waltz'
and 'Rocky Top'). [...] House lawmakers on Wednesday voted 55-38 in favor of the plan. On Thursday, the proposal was derailed when the Senate voted 22-9 to send it back to a committee that has been closed, effectively killing it for the year."
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