Alabama governor unveils Capitol display including Ten Commandments
Greg Sealy, left, the Rev. Michael Rippy, center, and the Rev. Tom Benz, right, talk to reporters near a model of the Ten Commandments in the old Alabama Supreme Court Library at the historic Alabama State Capitol Building in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday Sep
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Gov. Bob Riley opened an exhibit at the Capitol on Tuesday that included a small plaque of the Ten Commandments, keeping a promise to supporters of a massive granite monument removed by court order from the state judicial building.
The plaque was given to Riley by supporters of the 2 1/2-ton Ten Commandments monument.
"Just as the Ten Commandments are exhibited in similar displays in the U.S. Supreme Court and in our nation's Capitol building, I feel it is important to display them in our Capitol, as well," the Republican said in a statement.
Riley and Attorney General Bill Pryor added the other historical documents, including the Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights, to make the panel display more legally defensible than the granite monument that sat alone in the judicial building's rotunda, the governor's spokesman said.
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