Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2026 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $20,587
25%  
Woo hoo!! And now only $473 to reach 26%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: leeshearer

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Religious Tapestry Ordered Removed From Courthouse (23 Psalm)

    09/13/2005 5:30:26 AM PDT · by CFW · 29 replies · 802+ views
    Online Athens ^ | 9/13/05 | By Lee Shearer
    By Lee Shearer lee.shearer@onlineathens.com LEXINGTON - Oglethorpe County Commission Chairman Robert Johnson begrudgingly directed an employee to take down a display of the 23rd Psalm from the Oglethorpe County Courthouse Monday. Johnson said he feared an expensive legal challenge. The Psalm, embroidered on a tapestry about 4 feet by 5 feet, hung for about a month on a wall in a hall outside of the office of Oglethorpe County Clerk of Courts Geneva Stamey. According to lawyers with the Georgia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, displaying the 23rd Psalm is essentially the same thing as displaying the Ten...