Car smashes Ten Commandments monument outside Capitol building

NewsOK.com ^ | 10/24/2014 | Staff

[GIdget2004]

Someone drove a car up on the lawn of the state Capitol building Thursday night and smashed into a controversial Ten Commandments monument, breaking the stone slab into several pieces, state officials said.

The person who did it fled and has not been found, Oklahoma Highway Patrol spokesman George Brown said Friday.

This wasn’t a case of a car taking a wrong turn, but a purposeful act, said John Estus, spokesman for the Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services. Whoever did it repositioned some ramp equipment that happened to be outside the building and used it to get access to the area near the monument.

It’s not clear if the monument is repairable, Estus said.

The monument was donated by a state representative amid opposition that placement of a religious artifact near the Capitol was not proper.

[hoagy62]

Probably a deranged atheist who assumes that by smashing things associated with God, they can destroy Him.

Sorry, Sunshine...it doesn’t work that way. He still exists. He loves you. Deal with it.

[Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey]

Wouldn't be the first time they've been smashed to pieces ... and everything turned out all right in the end!! ;0)

#canIgetanAmen!

#aphrasenotusedtoooftenbythisCatholic

[a fool in paradise]

Jihadatheists???

[Blood of Tyrants]

Another act of tolerance by the looney left.

[lightman]

Leftists displaying multicultural tolerance.

[defconw]

God will get him for that.

[the_Watchman]

Let’s see. The last time I heard about the tablets being smashed there was a golden calf involved. Given the recent turn of events with the legal acceptance of gay marriage . . . Is that YOU Moses?!

[OneWingedShark]

Wow, now he has something in common with Moses: smashing the ten commandants.

[C210N]

It’s not clear if the monument is repairable...

Wasn't looking for a straw-horse, if it was repairable. But now that you mention it, is it repairable/replacable?

The answer to that is probably in the same department as "10 hours is not enough time to help Ambassador Stevens".

[OneWingedShark]

Did God get Moses for smashing the commandments?

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

A leftist gobsh!te once told me he absolutely supports the freedom to express ideas -- but religion (among other "rightwing constructs") doesn't qualify as an idea and therefore should garner no protection.

He was completely sincere. The way these people rationalize their own totalitarian leanings is frightening.

[exit82]

OKC?

Sounds like jihadi work to me.

The monument didn’t bother anyone before.

Make sure it gets rebuilt or the terrorists have won.

[defconw]

I think it was part of the plan. ;) This! Not so much!

[geologist]

It is important these monuments remain , as History, and truth of our foundation. This is being removed from the educational VIEW BIT BY BIT, and will be out of the memory of many in a few years.

This is INDEED VITAL!

[jtal]

More poisonous fruit of the recent Satanic black mass (IMHO).

[elcid1970]

Atheists are so tolerant.......

[stars & stripes forever]

Payback time?

“The Satanic Temple hatched the plan last December after the Ten Commandments monument, presented as a gift from state Rep. Mike Ritze, was placed on the lawn. Because it was a donation, state officials declared that it was permissible to place it on state property. But that prompted Greaves and the Satanic Temple to say they could do the same with a monument of their own.”

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/05/05/satanic-group-says-oklahoma-must-give-devil-his-due/

[COBOL2Java]

[FrdmLvr]

Thou shalt not reck havoc on the 10 Commandments.