Court refuses lawsuit to restore Ten Commandments

11th Circuit refuses lawsuit to restore
Ten Commandments monument in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit that sought to return ousted Chief Justice Roy Moore’s Ten Commandments monument to the state Judicial Building rotunda. Christian radio broadcaster Kelly McGinley of Mobile and other plaintiffs had argued that moving Moore’s monument “created empty space,” which they said violates the First Amendment because it endorses a religion of “nontheism.” The appeals court called that argument “without merit.”

Ten Commandments signs go up around nude eyesore
About a dozen small blue cardboard signs listing the Ten Commandments appeared yesterday morning around the giant nude sculpture Musica near Music Row. By afternoon, they were gone. A phone number that was listed at the bottom of the signs connects callers to an answering machine at the American Rights Coalition in Chattanooga. According to the coalition's Web site, tenlaws.com, the organization is led by Charles and Brenda Wysong. Brenda Wysong says her organization sells thousands of the signs nationwide. ''I don't know who put them around the nude sculpture, but I sure am glad they did,'' said Wysong, a homemaker and mother of 15.

Justice Moore to speak at AU about Commandments
ASHLAND -- Richland County Common Pleas Judge James DeWeese and former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore are fighting separate but similar battles for the right to exhibit the Ten Commandments in government work places. Each will share their experiences and thoughts during a dinner and rally at the Ashland University Convocation Center on March 15.

State Nixes Controversial Grant for Catholic School
WEST ORANGE, N.J. -- A STATE grant for a Catholic high school that had drawn fire from Jewish and constitutional watchdog groups will not be awarded. The state has withdrawn the $250,000 budgeted for Seton Hall Preparatory Academy, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported in Saturday's editions.

Boy Scouts Fight Back
In the past four years, numerous lawsuits have been filed against the Boy Scouts, at least 60 United Way chapters have withdrawn funding, and government officials from San Diego to Hartford, Conn., are saying the Scouts' exclusion of homosexuals should not go unchallenged. The newest case, Boy Scouts vs. Wyden, is before the Supreme Court, which is expected to announce tomorrow whether it will take the case.

$213,750,000 and Counting for The Passion Of The Christ

Posted by Editor at March 8, 2004 09:55 AM