Alabama Judicial Building Ten Commandments monument is again the subject of a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit: You can access today's ruling at this link. An early favorite is this paragraph from the opinion:
In this case the appellants contend that the removal of the Ten Commandments monument created empty space, and that this empty space violates the Establishment Clause because it is an endorsement of religion, or in this instance, nontheism. This argument is without merit. If the appellants were correct in their assertion an Establishment Clause violation could never be cured because every time a violation is found and cured by the removal of the statute or practice that cure itself would violate the Establishment Clause by leaving behind empty space. The religion of "no religion" is very difficult to establish.posted at 11:44 by Howard Bashman McGinley v Houstin, 11th Circuit -- 93-00895-CV-T-N -- March 5, 2004 from Joel Sogol _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw
