High Court Debates Commandments Displays

1 hour, 12 minutes ago

By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - With demonstrators shouting religious slogans outside, Supreme Court justices questioned, argued and fretted Wednesday over whether Ten Commandments displays on government property cross the line of separation between church and state.

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Slideshow: Ten Commandments Display Debate

Court Hears Debate Over Ten Commandments
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Back-to-back arguments in cases from Texas and Kentucky were the court's first consideration of the issue since 1980, when justices ruled the Ten Commandments could not be displayed in public schools.

Clearly reluctant to adopt a blanket ban, the current justices wrestled with the role that religious symbols should play in public life — right down to the Ten Commandments display in their own courtroom.

Several expressed support for a 6-foot granite monument on the grounds of......

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