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Ten Commandments monument moved
« on: Aug 27^th, 2003, 2:01pm »

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http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/08/27/ten.commandments/index.html

Wednesday, August 27, 2003 Posted: 1:21 PM EDT (1721 GMT)

MONTGOMERY, Alabama (CNN) -- Workers relocated the Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of Alabama's state judicial building Wednesday morning as supporters of suspended Chief Justice Roy Moore vowed to continue fighting its removal.

About 10 a.m. EDT, workers rolled the monument, on a wooden frame, out of the rotunda and into another part of the building.

Outside, more than 100 supporters of Moore, the judge who had the slab placed in the building in 2001, sang hymns, prayed and lay face-down in what they called a show of repentance.

Supporters threatened to boycott the company that moved the monument.

"I think they're going to be sorry they cooperated with this act," said the Rev. Rob Schenck, one of the protest organizers.

Another organizer, Christian Defense Coalition director Pat Mahoney, said supporters were "disappointed, but not discouraged."

"We don't view this as a defeat at all," Mahoney said. "We're still calling people to come to Montgomery to take a look at where the Ten Commandments once stood."

In a statement, Moore said: "It is a sad day in our country when the moral foundation of our laws and the acknowledgment of God has to be hidden from public view to appease a federal judge."

Moore's case has become a magnet for religious conservatives around the country. Organizers say protesters have arrived in Montgomery from as far away as Alaska.

"I believe that this is going to be a ripple effect across our nation -- at least that's my hope," said Phillip Nunn, who brought his family to Montgomery from Georgetown, Kentucky. "Americans will start realizing that if we don't speak up and if we don't start going to the voting booth, then we're going to have more of this. But if we take a stand, we can make a difference."

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