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Ten Commandments Monument Removed from Ala. Courthouse Lobby. Larry Copeland.

by Copeland, Larry; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 38Institutions. Publisher: USA Today, 2003ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Alabama | Church and state | Clergy -- Attitudes | Courthouses | Judges | Judgments | Ten commandmentsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "A monument commemorating the Bible's Ten Commandments was removed Wednesday [Aug. 27, 2003] from the lobby of Alabama's state judicial building, breaking a week-long standoff over the separation of church and state....The action complied with a federal court order that the monument be removed from public display. It wasn't known immediately whether it would remain in the building." (USA TODAY) This article examines how the monument's removal has renewed the debate over the separation of church and state and also notes the reaction to its removal from church leaders and supporters of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore.
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Originally Published: Ten Commandments Monument Removed from Ala. Courthouse Lobby, Aug. 27, 2003; pp. n.p..

"A monument commemorating the Bible's Ten Commandments was removed Wednesday [Aug. 27, 2003] from the lobby of Alabama's state judicial building, breaking a week-long standoff over the separation of church and state....The action complied with a federal court order that the monument be removed from public display. It wasn't known immediately whether it would remain in the building." (USA TODAY) This article examines how the monument's removal has renewed the debate over the separation of church and state and also notes the reaction to its removal from church leaders and supporters of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore.

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