http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/30/1398059/-Oklahoma-Supreme-Court-Public-Ten-Commandments-Monument-Must-Come-Down?detail=email
From the AP:
Oklahoma's Supreme Court says the Ten Commandments monument at the state Capitol must be removed because it indirectly benefits the Jewish and Christian faiths in violation of the state's constitution.
The court ruled Tuesday that the Oklahoma Constitution bans using public property to benefit a religion, and said the Ten Commandments are "obviously religious in nature."
Attorney General Scott Pruitt argued that the monument is nearly identical to a Texas monument that was found constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. Oklahoma justices said the local monument violates Oklahoma's constitution.
It was a 7-2 decision. According to Reuters, Lawmakers in favor of the six-foot tall monstrosity had argued that it wasn't religious in nature, but rather, commemorated an historical event. LOL
http://www.reuters.com/...
Update 1:
From the comments, Adam B found the most crucial part of the actual ruling:
The plain intent of Article 2, Section 5 is to ban State Government, its officials, and its subdivisions from using public money or property for the benefit of any religious purpose. Use of the words "no," "ever," and "any" reflects the broad and expansive reach of the ban...
WHOA!!!!!!! this is one of the top 10 religious states including evangelicals so my question is are not the 10 Commandments a staple of the Bible and a map to Christian behavior??? so has the word been once again usurped and rendered obsolete by the religious right?? and they wonder why their ranks are abandoning religion or is it more accurate to say organized religion the name itself implies it is not organized by God but mere mortal fallible subject to discrimination by man.
what's with the singling out of Jewish and Christian religions as being benefactors?
what's with the singling out of Jewish and Christian religions as being benefactors?
