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Liberty Counsel will appeal this morning’s ruling from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which allows a permanent injunction against three displays of the Ten Commandments at the local courthouses in both McCreary and Pulaski Counties, KY. This 2-1 decision found that the purpose of the displays was religious, rather than educational, and therefore violated the Establishment Clause.

The dissenting opinion, written by Judge James L. Ryan, states “I cannot be too critical of my panel colleagues who feel stare decisis bound by the Supreme Court majority’s persistent hostility to religion and its refusal to acknowledge the historical evidence that religion, religious symbols, and the support of religious devotion were the very essence of the values the Constitution’s authors and the ratifying legislators thought they were preserving in the language of the First Amendment.”

This battle is far from over. The Ten Commandments are part of the fabric of our country and helped shape our laws. They are as much at home in a display about the foundations of law as stars and stripes are in the American flag. The Founding Fathers would be outraged that we are even debating the constitutionality of the Ten Commandments. 

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