Posted on 08/10/2004 2:21:41 PM PDT by truthandlife
.S. District Judge Sim Lake ruled today that a Bible displayed in a monument outside the Harris County Civil Courts Building must be removed within 10 days and that the county must pay $41,000 in court costs and attorney fees.
Real estate broker and attorney Kay Staley sued the county in federal court to have the monument removed, contending the display violates the First Amendment ban on an establishment of religion.
The King James Bible rests under glass inside a 4-foot stone monument on the west side of the Civil Courthouse, 301 Fannin.
The monument was constructed with private funds in the 1950s as a memorial to philanthropist William S. Mosher.
During a two-day hearing last week, the county contended that the display primarily honors Mosher, while the plaintiffs said it unconstitutionally promoted a specific religion at a government facility.
Kerry as president with his liberal baggage would make the removal of God from our country a more likely event. Voting for President Bush would guarantee better judges who do not make asinine judgements and would guarantee a fight for what the founders of the constitution intended.
Words to cross reference: Congress - Law - establishment - religion.
"Jackasses"
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