Workers remove Ten Commandments from Oklahoma Capitol

[EC]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A granite monument of the Ten Commandments that has sparked controversy since its installation on the Oklahoma Capitol grounds was moved early Tuesday to a private conservative think tank for storage.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court decided in June that the display violates a state constitutional prohibition on the use of public property to support "any sect, church, denomination or system of religion." A contractor began removing the monument shortly after 10:30 p.m. Monday.

The state was paying the contractor about $4,700 to remove the monument and take it to the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs' offices a few blocks away, Office of Management and Enterprise Services spokesman John Estus said.

Earlier Monday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol increased security around the monument and barriers were erected to keep visitors from getting too close. Estus said the monument was removed under the cover of darkness to avoid disturbing workers at the Capitol and to keep protesters from demonstrating while heavy equipment was being used to detach the two-ton monument from its base.

"We wanted it to be done as quickly and efficiently as possible, and doing it at night gave us the best opportunity to do that," Estus said. "The Highway Patrol was also very concerned that having it in the middle of the day could lead to having demonstrations of some kind."

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[Free Vulcan]

There would have been a time on principle I would have screamed about this. With all the creeping Shariah out there anymore, I'm willing to use tools like the ACLU and others as a strategy to prevent that. Very split on this issue trying to balance principle with strategy.

[andy58-in-nh]

How long before they remove the Ten Commandments from the facade of the US Supreme Court building in Washington, DC?

[PzLdr]

There would have been a time on principle I would have screamed about this. With all the creeping Shariah out there anymore, I'm willing to use tools like the ACLU and others as a strategy to prevent that. Very split on this issue trying to balance principle with strategy.

What leads you to believe the ACLU, or other leftists will do anything against the imposition of Sharia?

[Free Vulcan]

What leads you to believe the ACLU, or other leftists will do anything against the imposition of Sharia?

They won't, but there will be a slew of court precedents to roadblock it. They will have ingrained it and it can be used against them.

[PzLdr]

They won't, but there will be a slew of court precedents to roadblock it. They will have ingrained it and it can be used against them.

A precedent only works if someone brings a suit in which it is relevant.

[flowers]

How long before they remove the Ten Commandments from the facade of the US Supreme Court building in Washington, DC?

Before he leaves office. 

[EC]

How long before they remove the Ten Commandments from the facade of the US Supreme Court building in Washington, DC?

Why should they? They aren't found inside the building. Especially on the judges bench.

[andy58-in-nh]

Why should they? They aren't found inside the building. Especially on the judges bench.

Fair enough. But while it is true that there are no witnesses to be called in appellate cases, inside every court building in America can be found an item necessary for the adjudication of cases of original jurisdiction in which such a witness might possibly appear: a Bible, on which each must be sworn. And within each Bible: the dreaded Ten Suggestions.