Date set for Ten Commandment suits

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two Ten Commandment cases that will determine the constitutionality of their public display on March 2.

The first case to heard will be Van Orden v. Perry, filed in Texas, followed by McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky. The McCreary County case involves the Foundations of Law display in the McCreary and Pulaski County courthouses which includes the Ten Commandments along with nine other historical and legal documents contained in eleven equal-size frames. The display is a sampling of some of the documents that influenced American law and government.

Mathew D. Staver, president and general counsel of Liberty Counsel, will present oral argument on behalf of the Kentucky counties. The suit has been supported by nearly half of the nation’s states.

“We are very pleased that the United States of America and 22 states have weighed in on our side,” Staver said. “This broad-based show of support reveals the broad impact a decision on the Ten Commandments will have on America and our shared religious heritage. There is no question that the Ten Commandments influenced our law and government. It is nonsense to suggest that public acknowledgments of religion in general, or of the Ten Commandments in particular, somehow establish a religion. To exclude the Ten Commandments from a display on law would be like eliminating stars and stripes from the flag.”

Published by Keener Communications Group, January 2005

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