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Chief Justice Roy Moore Sued by ACLU

Chief Justice Roy Moore Sued by ACLU, Americans United for Separation

The wait is over. Nearly three months to the day Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore placed a 5,280-pound monument to the Ten Commandments in the lobby of the state Supreme Court building, two so-called "civil liberties" groups filed suit.

On Tuesday, October 30, the ACLU of Alabama and Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. These two groups are demanding that the granite monument, which also featured quotes from Founding Fathers on our nation´s Christian heritage, be removed from the Court building.

The suit contends that Moore´s monument—which did not cost the taxpayers of Alabama any money—"sends a message to all who enter the State Judicial Building that the government encourages and endorses the practice of religion in general and Judeo-Christianity in particular."

"Unfortunately, these groups have forgotten the truth that American law was founded upon Christianity," said Janet Folger, national director of the CENTER FOR RECLAIMING AMERICA.

As proof, she cited just a few of the many quotes attesting to this fact:

"The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence." -John Adams, second President of the United States

"The sanctions of the Divine law ... cover the whole area of human action... The laws which regulate our conduct are the laws of man and the laws of God." -DeWitt Clinton, introduced the 12th Amendment, governor of New York, U.S. Senator

"[I]t pleased God to deliver, on Mount Sinai, a compendium of this holy law and to write it with His own hand on durable tables of stone. This law, which is commonly called the Ten Commandments or Decalogue ... was incorporated in the judicial law." -William Findley, Revolutionary War soldier, U.S. Congressman

"The Ten Commandments ... are the sum of the moral law." -John Witherspoon, signer of the Declaration of Independence and university professor who educated many of the Founding Fathers, including James Madison, father of the Constitution.

"It is sad that the ACLU and Americans United for Separation have, instead, decided to sweep these and other historical truths under the rug," Folger added.

Trying to Halt the Ten Commandments Nationwide

Alabama isn´t the only place fighting the ACLU to keep God´s law on display. As the CENTER FOR RECLAIMING AMERICA has previously reported, there have been movements all across the country to bring back the Ten Commandments within the last year. However, the ACLU and the Courts have fought this every step of the way:

In North Carolina, the General Assembly (state legislature) approved legislation allowing the posting of the Ten Commandments in the public schools. "We oppose the amendment allowing the posting of the Ten Commandments in the schools as a violation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment," said Deborah Ross, head of the North Carolina chapter of the ACLU.

In Plattsmouth, Nebraska, a city of 7,000, the ACLU is attempting to force the city to get rid of a Ten Commandments monument that has been in a public park since 1965. The State Attorney General, Don Stenberg, has intervened on behalf of Plattsmouth. "I am very concerned that the lawsuit potentially threatens the architectural integrity of the Nebraska state capitol building," he said in a statement. (The capitol building features drawings of Moses taking the Ten Commandments down from Mt. Sinai, a biblical prophetess judging Israel, and King Solomon passing judgment on two women arguing over a baby, according to CNS News.)

In Kentucky, U.S. District Judge Jennifer B. Coffman ruled that displays of the Ten Commandments in the public schools and courtrooms must go.

In Illinois, the ACLU condemned a bill in the state legislature that, if enacted, would ban "content-based censorship of American history or heritage based on any religious references contained in the documents, writings, or records." According to the ACLU, this violates the so-called "separation of church and state."

In Johnson County, Iowa, the city´s Board of Supervisors caved in to demands from the ACLU to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the courthouse lawn.

The ACLU filed a federal lawsuit in Cleveland, Ohio, demanding the removal of a Ten Commandments plaque from a local county courthouse.

Without comment, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a ruling forcing a small town in Indiana to remove a monument in front of City Hall featuring the Ten Commandments.

More recently, the ACLU filed suit on October 16 to remove a Ten Commandments plaque in Chester County, Pennsylvania, that had been in place for more than 80 years. The ACLU had demanded the plaque´s removal in August, but Chester County officials have stood firm, seeking to protect the religious liberties and Christian heritage of their community.

Finally, over one hundred citizens attempted to rally the Rockingham County, North Carolina Board of Education to place the Ten Commandments and other historical documents in the public schools. (The other documents include the Declaration of Independence, and the Magna Carta.)

Even though there is a great deal of community support, a local newspaper reported that "board members have cited a couple of concerns [about posting these historic Christian documents], the biggest being the potential for getting sued."

"It just goes to show, if you repeat a lie often enough and loud enough, people will start to believe it," Folger pointed out. "This is all part of the ACLU´s strategy of intimidation, and censoring of our nation´s Christian heritage. Fortunately, we have great Americans like Chief Justice Moore, the county board members of Chester County, and Christian stalwarts all across the country who are taking a stand for the Ten Commandments."

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