Federal judge orders Ten Commandments removed

Tuesday, November 19, 2002

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A Ten Commandments monument in the rotunda of Alabama's judicial building violates the constitution's ban on government promotion of religion, a federal judge ruled Monday.

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