Thursday, June 10, 2010
Ten Commandments Ban Upheld
KENTUCKY...
A split federal appeals court upheld a ban on the Ten Commandments in a display that included multiple religious and government documents at two southern Kentucky courthouses. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled in a 2-1 vote that the permanent injunction barring McCreary and Pulaski counties from posting the display can remain in place. The ruling comes in a long-running legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005. Along with the Ten Commandments, the displays, called the "Foundations of Law and Government," included the Bill of Rights, Magna Carta and Star Spangled Banner. Judge Eric Clay wrote that the two counties could not provide a "valid secular purpose" for the display.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:28 AM 
