What does current case law say about displaying the Ten Commandments?
ADF has been involved in supporting more than 20 cases involving public display of the Ten Commandments. The U.S. Supreme Court handed down two cases simultaneously (ACLU v. McCreary County and Van Orden v. Perry) in June 2005 making it clear that the Ten Commandments can be constitutionally displayed on public property consistent with certain guidelines. In McCreary, the court held that the displays were unconstitutional due to the historical record that demonstrated the purpose behind the display of the Ten Commandments was to promote religion. In Van Orden, because the display was donated for a secular purpose and was just one of many monuments and statutes on display on the lawn surrounding the Capitol building, the court ruled that the display was constitutional, reasoning that the inclusion of the Ten Commandments monument had a dual significance, partaking of both religion and government. Subsequent decisions by various Federal Circuit Court’s of appeal have also upheld the vali
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