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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: joseph krinsky who wrote (11077)	11/27/2001 10:42:16 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27724

ACLU Sues Four Kentucky Counties Over Ten Commandments Displays By Bruce Schreiner Associated Press Writer Published: Nov 27, 2001 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A civil-liberties group sued four Kentucky counties Tuesday to try to stop them from posting the Ten Commandments in courthouses, calling it a government endorsement of religion. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky filed separate federal lawsuits against the counties of Grayson, Mercer, Rowan and Garrard, which was also singled out for posting the commandments in the county hospital. ACLU attorney David Friedman said many people have found solace in religion since the Sept. 11 attacks, but it's wrong to extend that fervor to government sanctioning of religion. "It's not a small measure of irony that these four governments, among others, are seeking to impose their religious views on the nation at the same time the nation is fighting those overseas who would impose their religious views on others," Friedman said. One of the defendants, Rowan County Judge-Executive Clyde Thomas, said the Fiscal Court allowed some citizens to post the commandments in its meeting room about three years ago. "We have no apologies to make for that. We didn't feel bad about doing it," the judge said. Two years ago, the ACLU went to court to get the commandments removed from schools and courthouses in McCreary, Pulaski and Harlan counties. U.S. District Judge Jennifer Coffman has preliminarily ruled that the postings violated the Constitution. Appeals by the counties are pending. The ACLU won a related challenge when U.S. District Joseph Hood struck down a state law calling for creation of a monument inscribed with the commandments outside the state Capitol in Frankfort. That ruling also is on appeal. ap.tbo.com