 Headlines quickly reported the panic in the filed lawsuits, but is the idea that far-fetched? Well, no. Historically, the Mosaic Law is one of the first recorded legal codes, dating only a few hundred years after Hammurabi. As State Representative Dodie Horton explained, this is reason enough for the bill. Quote, it doesn't preach a certain religion, she said, but it definitely shows what a moral code we all should live by is. And, of course, America's history cannot be understood separate from the idea of a moral law, this one in particular.