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  • 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...