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Contact: Mat Staver FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 22, 2002 Kentucky Judge: Ten Commandments Displayed in Kentucky Courthouses Are Constitutional LEXINGTON, KY - Today, Federal District Court Judge Karl Forrester in the Eastern District of Kentucky held that a display of the Ten Commandments together with other historical documents in Rowan and Mercer Counties in Kentucky are constitutional. Rowan and Mercer Counties were sued by the ACLU of Kentucky. The ACLU requested the judge to issue an injunction requiring the Ten Commandments to be taken down while the cases were pending in court. Judge Forrester denied the request for an Injunction...

The perennial effort to "reform" campaign finance took a big step forward in the House when the Shays-Meehan bill passed early Thursday morning. While the bill may still face a filibuster in the Senate by Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.), the chances are much better that new regulations on campaign finance will restrict participation in the 2003-2004 election cycle. The sponsors of these new restrictions claim their bill is a bipartisan effort to rid Washington of corruption and to return government to the American people. They thereby appeal to Americans who are genuinely frustrated and worried about their nation. Unfortunately, ...

MCALESTER, Okla., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- A two-time murderer Tuesday became the first inmate executed by the state of Oklahoma this year. John Joseph Romano, 43, was pronounced dead at 9:12 p.m., five minutes after a lethal mixture of drugs began flowing into his body. Oklahoma led the nation with 18 executions in 2001. Romano's voice quavered slightly as he gave his last statement. "I'd like," he began. "I'd like -- to whoever I've wronged I'd like them to forgive me. "I'd like to tell my family and friends I love them. Thank you for your support." Romano smiled at ...

Although I didn't realize it at the time, I became interested in The Second Amendment as a child. No, not through reading schoolbooks. I learned about it the hard way. I grew up during the Vietnam War. In the summer of 1965, a very close friend of mine left for Vietnam. It was the last time I ever saw him. It was his loss that, years later, would help me to understand the definition of freedom and that freedom, indeed, is not free. It was from him that I learned that the Second Amendment is not just about guns. From ...