Lawsuit Over Ten Commandments Monument Still Languishing in Federal Court
After more than six years, the lawsuit over Arkansas’ monument of the Ten Commandments is still languishing in federal court.
In 2015 the Arkansas Legislature passed a measure authorizing a privately-funded monument of the Ten Commandments on the State Capitol Building grounds.
The monument is identical to one the U.S. Supreme Court ruled constitutional at the capitol building in Texas.
The monument was unveiled in 2018, but atheist groups and the Satanic Temple promptly filed a lawsuit to have it removed from the state capitol grounds.
The case originally was set to go to trial in July of 2020, but the trial was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker has been asked multiple times to resolve the case, but so far it has remained in limbo.
As we have said many times, there shouldn’t be anything controversial about a monument honoring the significance of the Ten Commandments.
Historians have long recognized the Ten Commandments as one of the earliest examples of the rule of law in human history, and they have helped shape philosophy and laws in countries around the world.
Arkansas’ monument simply commemorates that legacy.
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