I, too, wish I could see some kind of synopsis of the entire case. Nonetheless, I expect that this report is close to the truth. In any case, the bottom line is that the judges found this bible to be unconstitutional even though it was placed there for a secular reason, the honoring of a founder of a mission. "The Bible was installed on county property about five decades ago in honor of William Mosher, the founder of Star of Hope Mission, and was replaced in 1996 with donated funds."
I suppose it would be wrong to place a monument honoring William Penn, famous Quaker, in the middle of Philadelphia.
William, if memory serves correctly, was a pretty religious guy. (We also know that Philadelphia was chosen as the name of the city for religious reasons....hmmmmm....maybe change the name of that city, too.)
"I, too, wish I could see some kind of synopsis of the entire case. Nonetheless, I expect that this report is close to the truth."
The report ain't even close to what the opinion actually says.
Staley vs. Harris County Opinion at http://www.txs.uscourts.gov/notablecases/03cv3411_46.pdf
The very notion that a public monument cannot be erected for a religious reason is already wrong. Religion is something that is publicly exercised. The sad fact is, freedom of religion was lost not now but when someone invented the idea that the intent behind every monument must be secular.