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Message: Supreme Court Cases: McCreary County, Kentucky vs. ACLU (2005) — involved a courthouse display that began by featuring only the Ten Commandments and then was changed to include other founding documents. The Supreme Court found that the display in Kentucky was a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Van Orden vs. Perry (2005) — involved a monument of the Commandments on the grounds between the Texas State Capitol and the Texas Supreme Court. The Supreme Court found that the monument did not violate that same constitutional clause. Four of the nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices found that the monument was passive and that its dual significance for religion and government complied with constitutional requirements. A fifth justice, Justice Breyer, reasoned that because there had not been a challenge to the monument during its 40-year history it did not result in establishment of religion. Lemon vs. Kurtzman (1971)… Read Full Article