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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — State Supreme Court justices overruled Chief Justice Roy Moore on Thursday and directed that his Ten Commandments monument be removed from its public site in the Alabama Judicial Building. The senior associate justice, Gorman Houston, said the eight associate justices instructed the building's manager to "take all steps necessary to comply ... as soon as practicable." A federal judge had ruled the monument violates the constitution's ban on government establishment of religion and must be removed from its public place in the rotunda. He had set Thursday as his deadline, but Moore said he would not...

Supporters of Chief Justice Roy Moore have been handcuffed and led away from the Ten Commandments monument in Montgomery. They had refused to leave the monument after Moore lost a last-ditch appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court this afternoon. The federal judge who ordered the monument's removal is now expected to consider a contempt of court finding on Friday. That could set the stage for the monument to be removed ... or fines imposed on the state. Scores of Moore supporters sang and prayed outside the building as about 20 inside were removed from the rotunda. It wasn't immediately known...

As night falls on the Alabama Judicial Building, supporters of Judge Roy Moore gather to start a round the clock vigil of the Ten Commandments monument. Some monument supporters were arrested for refusing to leave the rotunda of the building. Passionate views concerning politics and religion were expressed at the Alabama State Judicial Building Wednesday as supporters of Chief Justice Roy Moore spent all day kneeling,praying, and singing around the Ten Commandments monument. By all accounts it was a peaceful protest, but it was not without excitement. The building which houses the Alabama Supreme Court usually doesn't close its...

<p>Chief Justice Roy Moore asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block the removal of a Ten Commandments monument from the state judicial building Wednesday as supporters held a candlelight vigil to begin a round-the-clock protest.</p> <p>Moore, who was turned back twice Tuesday by a federal appeals panel, filed a motion Wednesday asking the Supreme Court to stay an order for the monument's removal by the end of the day.</p>

CNSNews.com) - Defenders of the Ten Commandments display at the Alabama Supreme Court are preparing to make a peaceful stand Wednesday when the deadline for removing the 1.5-ton monument is set to expire. Chief Justice Roy S. Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court has said he won't touch the Ten Commandments monument despite a court-imposed deadline to remove it by 5 p.m. Wednesday. Moore's defenders, who gathered by the thousands in Montgomery last weekend, plan to assemble again in protest of the federal judge's order. Rally organizers have said Christian activists will kneel in prayer to block anyone who tries...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP)--Supporters of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore gathered Wednesday for a candlelight vigil, hoping to convince state and federal leaders that his Ten Commandments monument should not be removed from the state judicial building. Nine pastors led some 30 worshippers from across the country in prayer just after midnight, the deadline set by a federal judge for Moore to remove the 5,300-pound monument. ``Even if they should remove this monument--and God forbid they do--they'll never be able to remove it from our hearts,'' said the Rev. Greg Dixon of Indianapolis Baptist Church.Moore, who has said he will not...

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