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  • Harris County (Houston, TX) must remove Bible displayed at courthouse

    08/10/2004 2:21:41 PM PDT · by truthandlife · 102 replies · 2,295+ views
    Houston Chronicle ^ | 8/10/04 | RAD SALLEE
    .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...