by Kathy at misterpolitics.com

The ACLU strikes again against another ten commandments monument. This one is located in Cross City in Dixie County, Florida.

The county has four stoplights and, local ministers say, a Christian faith as sweeping as the Suwannee River. “I’m not saying every family member is there when the church door opens,” said Rev. Ed Ivey of the Cross City Church of God. “But, in general, there’s a very strong Christian fabric here.”

To acknowledge that, local business leaders last year approached county commissioners with a question: Would elected officials allow a Ten Commandments monument to be placed on the courthouse steps if private donations covered the cost? After the county attorney offered to defend any lawsuit for free, commissioners signed off on the plan. The monument, carved to resemble two stone tablets, was unveiled in November.

Almost immediately, groups outside Dixie County concerned about the mixing of religion and government said the display was unconstitutional. They let it be known they were willing to sue if they could find a Dixie resident willing to legally complain.

The ACLU says the display is unconstitutional because it violates a provision in the First Amendment prohibiting the government from establishing a preferred religion. The ACLU can not sue unless they find a local resident willing to be the plaintiff in the case. At first no one came forward; They now have one:

“Dixie County essentially thumbed its nose at the Constitution,” said Glenn Katon, regional director for the ACLU’s Central Florida office. “We were shaking the trees for a plaintiff.”

Eventually, the group found a plaintiff — someone not yet identified — and filed a federal lawsuit early this month. The suit argues Dixie County commissioners have endorsed a specific religion by permitting the huge stone wedge to be put on its courthouse steps. And that, Katon says, is unconstitutional.

The results in these cases in the past have been mixed:

Legally, two cases from 2005 will figure prominently in the skirmish. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Ten Commandments marker on the grounds of the Texas Capitol was permissible because it was one of many monuments recognizing significant historical documents or events.

But the court struck a state-sponsored Ten Commandments display in Kentucky because it stood alone and appeared to serve only a religious purpose.

In Dixie County, the monument stands by itself. A memorial to U.S. veterans is some distance away on the corner of the property. In this instance, “the law is as clear as the law can be,” Katon said.

This is a privately funded monument in a Christian county in Florida. The ACLU has no business interfering with the will of the people of Dixie county.

The ACLU in its bent to eradicate Christianity is denying it’s exceptional legal abilities on issues which could benefit from that expertise; such as, representing children and families harmed by NAMBLA?

Umm… I guess not…