US EditionJefferson County Residents Sue to Remove Massive Ten Commandments Monument From Courthouse Lawn
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Jefferson County Residents Sue to Remove Massive Ten Commandments Monument From Courthouse Lawn
A group of multifaith and non-religious Jefferson County taxpayers and residents filed suit in state court yesterday, seeking to remove a nearly seven-foot-tall Ten Commandments monument from the lawn of the Jefferson County Courthouse. Represented by the ACLU of Illinois, the Freedom From Religion ...
FFRF, others represent Illinois residents suing to remove 10 Commandments monolith
A group of multifaith and nonreligious Jefferson County taxpayers and residents has filed suit in state court seeking to remove a nearly 7-foot-tall Ten Commandments monument from the lawn of the Jefferson County Courthouse. Represented by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the ACLU of Illinois and the ACLU, the plaintiffs assert that the monument violates the Illinois Constitution’s protections for the separation of church and state. Origi…
The Speaker of the Seimas, Saulius Skvernelis, says that when considering the removal of monuments to artists, such as the poet Salomėja Nėris, different evaluation criteria should be applied than to political figures from the Soviet era. “I would certainly not be a supporter of such a primitive assessment of the law, that, well, the Soviet era, if it was somehow connected to that system, it should be demolished now.
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