Some 400 veterans and other enthusiastic backers of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore rallied on the steps of the Alabama Capitol today in support of his fight to keep the Ten Commandments monument in the lobby of the Alabama Judicial Building, as the deadline for its court-ordered removal looms.
As WorldNetDaily reported, U. S. District Court Judge Myron Thompson found "Roy's Rock," as it's nicknamed, violates the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment of the Constitution, which provides that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."
"Both in appearance and in stated purpose, the Chief Justice's Ten Commandments monument is ... nothing less than 'an obtrusive year-round religious display' ... to place the government's weight behind an obvious effort to proselytize on behalf of a particular religion," wrote Thompson in his opinion.