By a vote of 6 to 1 one day last November, the school board in suburban New Hyde Park, L.I. (pop. 10.500) passed what seemed to be a most innocuous proposal: to post in the classrooms of its elementary schools a version of the Ten Commandments. The version was to be the same as that used in nearby Huntington since 1954. It was so worded as to offend no particular faith, did not involve any religious instruction. But no sooner had the decision been made than the area was in an uproar.
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