The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that a Ten Commandments monument in Everett, Wash., can stay. The monument is in a historical display erected in the '50s.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State sued on behalf of Jesse Card, who decided he couldn’t take the sight of God’s laws.
Just three years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an almost identical display in Texas was constitutional.
“The court relied heavily on the Texas case," said Steve Fitschen, president of the National Legal Foundation. "It basically just followed the approach that Justice Breyer had taken in his concurring opinion.”
The Rev. Herschel Walker, who leads the Ten Commandments Advancement Fund, said constitutionally approved monuments are popping up in public places across the country.
“Because of the ruling of the Texas case, it really turned loose many of the appellate courts," he said. "And since that time, we have got favorable rulings.”
Walker said the Ten Commandments are God's formula for an orderly society.
"When you deviate from that," he said, "you have no guidelines to guide us.”
