Video: Groups Sue State Over Ten Commandments Monument
Lawsuits have been filed to remove Arkansas’ monument of the Ten Commandments from the State Capitol lawn.
Video: The Ten Commandments are Back
The Ten Commandments are back on the Capitol lawn! Watch this video to get caught up on the story about Arkansas’ newest monument.
Satanic Temple Plans to Sue Arkansas
The Associated Press reports the Satanic Temple plans to join the ACLU in a lawsuit against the State of Arkansas over the new monument of the Ten Commandments on the Capitol lawn.
Arkansas unveiled the privately-funded Ten Commandments monument at a brief dedication ceremony yesterday.
The monument is identical to one the U.S. Supreme Court ruled constitutional in Texas in 2005.
You may recall the Satanic Temple threatened to put a satanic monument on the Capitol grounds a few years ago if Arkansas placed a Ten Commandments monument on the property; however, that effort never went anywhere in part because monuments require legislative approval. Arkansas is not obligated to put a statue of Satan alongside its monument of the Ten Commandments.
It’s worth mentioning that the monument installed yesterday actually is a replacement of one that was destroyed last year. You may recall a man plowed a car into the initial Ten Commandments monument less than 24 hours after it was placed on the Capitol lawn.
The ACLU and others who oppose the Ten Commandments monument were swift to issue public statements denouncing the destruction of that monument with a car, but they seem more than eager to try to destroy it with a lawsuit.