In Barrow County near Athens, the Board of Commissioners has voted to hang the Ten Commandments in the county annex building. Private donations will pay for the display which also includes the Mayflower Compact and the Declaration of Independence. The county removed a Ten Commandments display in 2005 after a lawsuit. Last year, the state Legislature passed a bill allowing local governments to post copies of the Ten Commandments in courthouses as long as the displays also include the Mayflower Compact and the Declaration of Independence.
