A three-judge panel today heard a Kentucky county defending a courthouse display containing the Ten Commandments and other historical documents.
For several years the ACLU has been fighting to remove the Ten Commandments in McCreary County. The case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled the display unconstitutional.
Mathew Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel and dean of Liberty University School of Law, said the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals will now rule on the motivation of the government officials who established the displays.
"This issue of whether or not the display is constitutional, based upon the motivation of those that put it up, is really a red herring," he said. "It makes no difference whether somebody intended to have a display as a religious display or a secular display. What really matters is the display itself."
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