Posted on 07/16/2005 12:48:00 PM PDT by Jay777
The Clay County Commission voted unanimously before an audience of nearly 200 to leave a plaque of the Ten Commandments on the wall of its chamber.
The plaque is one of several historical documents -- which include the Bill of Rights -- that are on display, said Commissioner Jimmy Sams. The display has been up for several years.
The Commandments went up first and were followed a couple of weeks later by the other documents.
"I knew the ACLU would say something, and we just didn't want that to happen," Sams said Wednesday. "But it happened anyway."
County resident Jesse Sizemore has asked the commission several times to remove the Ten Commandments, citing the constitutional requirement of separation of church and state.
Sizemore couldn't be reached for comment Wednesday, but another resident opposed to the display, Andy Waddell, said he thinks it's "scary" that the Constitution and rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court "are second class in Clay County."
"The issue is, will Clay County, West Virginia, adhere to the Supreme Court and the law of the land? That's the issue," he said.
Last October, the American Civil Liberties Union, which Waddell is a member of, sent a letter to the commission stating that if the plaque was not removed, there could be legal action.
The ACLU's West Virginia executive director, Andrew Schneider, said Wednesday that the group was still considering a lawsuit but has not filed one.
"It's not as if we haven't decided that the Ten Commandments plaque in the county commission room of Clay County is violating the law. . . . We are only considering how to deal with that violation," Schneider said.
"We view litigation as a last resort."
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Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) - http://www.alliancedefensefund.org
Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) - http://www.thomasmore.org
American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) - http://www.aclj.org
The Rutherford Institute - http://www.rutherford.org/
Stop the ACLU Coalition - http://www.stoptheaclu.org
Here are a few examples of how two of those organizations are fighting back:
ADF Contacts Over 3,600 School Districts Over Attempts To Censor Christmas
ADF: 700 lawyers ready to fight ACLU lawsuits
ADF: Pentagons' Warning About Boyscouts Is Absurd
Thomas More Law Center: Town of Palm Beach Pays $50,000 In Attorney Fees Apologizes To Women In Nativity Lawsuit
Additional information:
The ACLU must be destroyed: Joseph Farah supports Boy Scouts, urges Americans to fight back
Citizens mobilized to stop ACLU (seeks to consign group to 'ash heap of history')
ACLU fulfilling communist agenda
Revealing FACTS on the ACLU from its own writings
See how YOUR Senator or Representative ranks with the ACLU
This group just started on December 3, 2004 and are looking for new members to their yahoo group
My Personal Anti-ACLU Blog (Check it out and leave a comment!)
What is scary is that a citizen thinks that there is a "separation" clause in the constitution...
That is scary. I thought the headline should have read "ACLU Views Litagation As Last Resort." Or, "ACLU Views Threatening Letters As First Resort".
"We view litigation as a last resort."
Hahahahahahahaha!!!! Is the ACLU running out of donations? Hahahahahahaha!!! Call the ACLJ!
Personally, I think everyone should tell the ALCU and any other anti-American group to kiss their ass and go on with their lives as they have in the past. What is going to happen if they refuse to do what any court says??
I do not believe that good American law enforcers will stand up for anything anti-American.
Am I wrong?
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