ACLU Wins Ten Commandments Lawsuit

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Bob's Note: If you study the Constitution you'll find that there are ABSOLUTELY NO STATEMENTS MANDATING A SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. This is a common lie perpetuated by the media. What the ACLU does is file the lawsuit and hope that the incredible expense of fighting their lawsuits will cause their "defendants" to give up and comply with their socially destructive agenda.

By Associated Press

May 15, 2002, 11:45 PM EDT

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Hamilton County commissioners said Wednesday they would not appeal a judge's order to remove displays of the Ten Commandments from court buildings.

U.S. District Judge Allan Edgar on May 3 ordered two of three Ten Commandments plaques removed because they violated the constitutional separation of church and state.

Commissioners cited costs in agreeing to drop the appeal. They said Wednesday all three would be removed within a few weeks.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee also is challenging a display at the Rutherford County Courthouse in Murfreesboro. More than half of Tennessee's 95 counties have approved Ten Commandments displays, and more than 30 have posted the biblical laws.

The judge's order applies only to Hamilton County, but ACLU officials have said they hope it will be heeded by other county commissions.