A federal appeals court ruled that the Ten Commandments could be displayed in a Kentucky courthouse. What is particularly enjoyable about the ruling is what one of the judges had to say to the ACLU, which sued to have the display removed.

Judge Tells ACLU What Everyone Else Knows

Judge Richard Suhrheinrich's ruling said the ACLU brought "tiresome" arguments about the "wall of separation" between church and state, and it said the organization does not represent a "reasonable person."

Suhrheinrich wrote that a court has to decide whether a "reasonable person" would find that a government display endorses religion, not whether someone finds it offensive. He said the ACLU "does not embody the reasonable person." He criticized the organization for arguing that the First Amendment mandates a "wall of separation between church and state." "Our nation's history is full of governmental acknowledgment and in some cases accommodation of religion," the judge wrote.

The lawyer representing Mercer County said the ruling was welcome. "For too long (Kentuckians) have been lectured like children by those in the ACLU and elsewhere who claim to know what the people's Constitution really means," Manion said in a statement. "The court recognizes that the Constitution does not require that we strip the public square of all vestiges of our religious heritage and traditions."

(State representative Rick) Nelson said, "It's a common-sense ruling" that reflects "what a lot of people have said all along."

Isn't it nice to win one against the ACLU? They didn't have a prayer.

Linked At Stop The ACLU

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