Alabama Ten Commandments Controversy

Update: Ten Commandments Monument in Alabama Judicial Building

July 2, 2003

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60386-2003Jul1.html

On July 2, 2003 The Washington Post reported that "a federal appeals court yesterday declared the 2 1/2-ton Ten Commandments monument in the rotunda of the Alabama Supreme Court to be unconstitutional and compared its champion -- Chief Justice Roy S. Moore -- to the defiant, segregation-era Southern governors George C. Wallace and Ross Barnett... The unanimous...

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Fight Over Enshrinment of Ten Commandments Continues in Alabama

June 5, 2003

Source: The Boston Globe

On June 5, 2003 The Boston Globe reported that "a lawyer for Alabama's chief justice told an appeals court yesterday that the Ten Commandments should remain in the state Supreme Court building because God is the 'source of law and liberty'... Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore had the 5,200-pound granite monument featuring the Ten Commandments installed in the state Judicial Building one night two years ago. The Southern Poverty Law Center, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the American Civil Liberties Union...

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Continuing Controversy Over Ten Commandments and Municipal Buildings

November 30, 2002

Source: The Associated Press

http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=17314

On November 30, 2002 The Associated Press reported that "the [Ogden, UT] City Council has decided to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the municipal building lawn rather than continue a court battle over the display. The council had considered appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a ruling that found that if the city allowed the commandments monument it...

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Continuing Controversy Over Ten Commandments and Municipal Buildings

November 19, 2002

Source: The Associated Press

http://www.fac.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=17272

On November 19, 2002 The Associated Press reported that "a federal judge ruled yesterday that a Ten Commandments monument installed in Alabama's judicial building by the state's chief justice must be removed because it violates the separation of church and state. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson said he does not believe all Ten Commandment displays in government buildings...

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Continuing Controversy Over Ten Commandments and Municipal Buildings

November 18, 2002

Source: Tolerance.org

http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_tol.jsp?id=639

On November 18, 2002 Tolerance.org reported that "Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has 30 days to remove a 2-ton Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of Alabama’s judicial building, a federal judge ruled today. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson wrote in his opinion that the monument violates the constitution’s ban on government promotion of religion. 'The court retains...

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