ACLU gives up commandments fight
Posted on September 19, 2005
Saying that ACLU Nebraska “was just out of options,” executive director Tim Butz said it won’t take the Plattsmouth Ten Commandments case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Unless the ACLU’s Plattsmouth client finds another legal team to make a final appeal to the high court, the tombstone-shaped monument can remain in a city park in Plattsmouth, about 20 miles south of Omaha.
The 14 board members who attended a meeting voted unanimously not to fight the Aug. 19 appellate ruling.
The original case was filed by an athiest coward too scared to reveal their identity, who was offended by it because they could see it on their way to work. Apparantly looking away was impossible. The defenders of the commandments argued that the commandments were not an endorsement of religion since they were a gift donated in 1950s and 1960s by the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
I’m not going to expound very much on this other than to say it is a victory for religious freedom. Besides, Jefferson Downing, who had served as local counsel for Plattsmouth at each level of the case summed up my feelings nicely in one sentence.
“Those monuments aren’t a threat to America,” Downing said, “but the ACLU is a threat to our small towns.”
Amen to that brother!
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This is great news. I just hope it stays that way rather than gets shelved for later. Always a good idea to keep an eye on these creeps. Great catch, as usual, Jay.
The Commandments aren’t even really *in* the park, they are *by* the park – I used to walk by them regularly on my way *to* the park, which makes this case even more ridiculous.
Is this monument on public property? are representations of other religions present/allowed? if none other are present, then I say we put up a plaque declaring no god exists….if they refuse, we have grounds to have it all removed!
What dose the ACLU have gainst the TEN COMANDMENTS anyway is it becuase the ACLU is a leftists organization trying to remove all symbols of chritianity? i mean the ACLU is americas AL QUEDA