An American Civil Liberties Union demand to remove a display of the Ten Commandments from a county courthouse has been cast down.rnrn
According to a story in The Sierra Times, a conservative site catered to "real Americans," Mercer County officials had posted the Ten Commandments along with the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and other texts in a display titled "Foundations of American Law and Government."rnrn
The ACLU had filed the complaint on church/state separation grounds.rnrn
Several states have issued conflicting rulings on the display of religious documents in public buildings, and the matter is likely to be decided at a federal level.
