Federal Judge Allows Ten Commandants Monument to Stay.

Judge Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court has refused to obey a court order forcing the removal of the Ten Commandments from his courtroom. Judge Moore is so committed to his conviction that he has set a four-ton granite stone with the Ten Commandments set in the entrance of the Alabama Supreme Court.

We applaud and fully support Judge Moore and his desire to see judgment founded in the Word of God. Judge Moore believes that the Word of God is the bedrock of our nation.

MOORE APPEAL SET FOR JUNE
Pray Often for Chief Justice Roy Moore

You shall keep His statutes and His commandments.. that it may go well with you and with your children after you... forever (Dt 4:40)

Last November, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ruled for the ACLU in its lawsuit against Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore. In December, he ordered Moore to remove the Ten Commandment monument he erected in the rotunda of the Alabama Judicial Building in July 2001. Moore appealed to the 11th Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Montgomery, which is slated to hear his appeal on June 2.

• The 5,300-pound granite memorial will remain in place, at least for now. In a surprise move, after rejecting arguments from Moore's attorneys to prevent removal of the memorial, Judge Thompson granted Moore a stay from his removal order pending review on appeal.
• Moore's attorneys must now present written briefs by March 10. The ACLU must submit their written response by March 30. Oral arguments before a three-judge appeals panel will begin June 2.
• No matter what ruling of the panel is the case will be further appealed to the full Circuit Court. Moore's attorneys believe the case will ultimately reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Liberal Supreme Court Justice William Brennen, wrote, "Government... may not question whether [officeholders] actions stem from religious conviction... [nor] fence out from political participation those... it regards as overinvolved in religion... The Establishment Clause... may not be used...to justify repression of religion or its adherents from any aspect of public life... (McDaniel v. Paty, 1978).

Dr. Herb Titus, one of Moore's distinguished attorneys, says his case will answer several questions:

1. Must elected officials park their Christian views at the office door;
2. Is it unconstitutional for an elected judge or other official to express his Biblical reasons for favoring or opposing a piece of legislation;
3. Can it be that an agnostic or atheist can bring his views to his official duties, but a Christian may not?