Commandment
marker can stay at Capitol
-Dallas
Morning News 11/14/03
AUSTIN - The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday affirmed the state's position that the placement of the Ten Commandments monument on the Capitol grounds is not an unconstitutional attempt to establish state-sponsored religion. Thomas Van Orden of Austin had sued to have the monument removed. The state argued that the 6-foot tall red granite monument is more historical than religious, with key segments of law founded on the moral and cultural ethics of the commandments.