Workers moved the heavy monument to a side hall, in accordance with a court order. The protesters who gathered outside the courthouse protested in tears. The judge who placed the stone: "This is a sad day for our country." His lawyer promised to appeal again to the Supreme Court
the statue removed from the courtroom
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Alabama: The "Ten Commandments" statue was removed from the courthouse
news agencies (YNET)
The employees of a trucking company removed the Ten Commandments monument from the courthouse in Alabama in the USA this afternoon (Thursday).
For about an hour and a half, the staff worked on lifting the granite stone, which weighs about two tons, and moving it from the center of the entrance floor of the court to a side hall.
The step was carried out in accordance with the order of a federal court which stated that the monument's remaining in the public building constitutes a violation of the section in the constitution ordering the separation of religion from the state. This ended a controversy that caused an uproar in the United States, was even discussed before the Supreme Court of the United States and led to the removal of Judge Roy Moore, who placed the monument in the building about a year ago.
Demonstrators who gathered last week at the entrance of the courthouse, and gathered there in a demonstration of support for the monument to remain, protested the decision and fell in tears on the steps of the building. Police and security personnel watched over the protesters and warned them not to lean on the glass doors of the building for fear of disaster. Some in the audience chanted but the spirits were, for the most part, calm.
In a statement that he published, Judge Moore said: "This is a sad day for our country when we are required to hide the value basis of our laws and the recognition of God from the public eye, just to please a federal judge."
In his words, Moore directed the federal judge who ordered the removal of the monument about a week ago, a decision which Moore appealed to the Supreme Court. Supreme Court judges rejected the appeal and ordered the removal of the monument from the building. Moore refused to follow the instructions of the Supreme Court and therefore it was decided to remove him from his position. However, even after the large stone was moved, Moore's attorney said he would return and appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.
The highest in Alabama: remove the statue of the 10 commandments
23/8/2003
The judges of the Supreme Court of the state of Alabama in the USA rejected yesterday a decision of the president of the court, and ordered the removal of a statue of the Ten Commandments from the court building. The president of the court, Roy Moore, was supposed to order the removal of the statue until midnight between yesterday and yesterday, after a federal judge ruled that the statue violates the separation between religion and state. However, despite the ruling, Roy Moore refused to order the removal of the statue.
Moore is the one who secretly placed the statue, made of granite and weighing 2,400 kg, in the entrance hall of the court. The statue was nicknamed "Roy's Rock" and became a magnet for passionate Christians. In the night between yesterday and yesterday, many of them gathered outside the court building, to make sure that federal police officers could not storm the building and remove the monument.
The judges of the court wrote: "The refusal of the officers of this court to comply with a binding order of a federal court will seriously damage the authority and ability of all courts in the country to enforce their rulings."
The judges' decision was given after a special session in which the president did not participate. One of the top judges, Gorman Houston, said last week that the court would take "all necessary steps" to avoid a federal judge's threat to force the court to pay $5,000 for each day the Ten Commandments monument remains in place.
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