Supporters of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore will gather at the Capitol in Montgomery on Saturday to demonstrate their opposition to a federal court's order that the popular judge's Ten Commandments monument be removed from the Alabama Justice Building.
As WorldNetDaily reported, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson issued an ultimatum to Moore last week to remove the washing machine-sized granite monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments. The state could face a fine for each day the testimonial remains beyond Thompson's Aug. 20 deadline.
Moore lost an appeal July 1 at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld Thompson's earlier ruling that the monument, due to its placement in the rotunda of the Judicial Building, was a violation of the establishment clause of the Constitution's First Amendment. The original suit was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union. ...
