Losing counties in Ten commandments cases face growing legal bills to ACLU

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SOMERSET — The legal bill continues to mount for two south-central Kentucky counties from their lengthy, unsuccessful fight to post copies of the Ten Commandments in their courthouses.

This week, U.S. District Judge Jennifer Coffman awarded an additional $23,366 in attorney fees and costs to the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky for its work in challenging the displays, which were ruled unconstitutional.

Pulaski and McCreary counties now owe the ACLU a total of $456,881, nearly all of it for attorney fees. That figure doesn't include mounting interest.

It's not clear how the two counties would pay the bill, officials from both said Wednesday.

Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2011/05/19/1744992/losing-counties-in-10-commandments.html#ixzz1MpCyNTe9

[cleanhippie]

1. Some just seem to never learn....

[damntexdem]

6. No incentive -- they owe but they haven't paid.

Will they ever pay?

[Sonoman]

2. Surely the local churches will step up to the plate.

Don'tcha think?

Sonoman

[Angry Dragon]

3. I bet if they wanted to post the Declaration of Independence

and the Constitution of the United States, no one would fight them ............. just saying

I wonder why they don't post these first??

[Poll_Blind]

4. +1

So true.

PB

[texshelters]

8. God didn't write the Constituion...

and Republicans don't read it.

Peace,
Tex Shelters

[struggle4progress]

5. Whoa! Way to waste money, Pulaski and McCreary!

[texshelters]

7. Don't you think that posting the 10 Commandments in the courthouse

for criminals to see on the way to trial is a case of too little, too late?

Peace,
Tex Shelters

[cayanne]

9. St Maries, Benewah County, Idaho has the Ten Commandments

on their court house yard, right by the steps going in.

Bonner County, Idaho also has the Ten Commandments in a park owned by the county.

[customerserviceguy]

10. Just call it a stupid tax. n/t

[MikeH]

11. I am glad to hear of the woes of those wanting to display the Ten Commandments

I would hope that the money is paid by those who have been responsible for or who have been sympathetic to the displaying of the commandments (and not by the taxpayers). It is very unfortunate that necessary public services are held hostage by their irresponsible actions.

Anybody who wants to display the Ten Commandments (one of which says to unconditionally "honor your father and mother") might as well tell me to my face that it was my duty to meekly take and gladly accept the emotional and psychological abuse from my father which came in the guise of "loving" rebukes which he sometimes decided in Godlike fashion that I needed http://www.nospank.net/fyog.htm">for my own good when I would make an honest mistake, honestly forget something, or when he was not quite pleased with something or when something was not quite up to his standards.:evilfrown:

Or might as well tell anybody with an abusive parent or parents that they should accept or take whatever abuse their parents might dish out, and "forgive" them afterward.

I used to be a Christian; one of the big reasons I no longer am is because I found that my supposedly having a "personal relationship with Jesus Christ" had been of no help to me in enabling me to deal with my father those times he was difficult or obnoxious.

It was very good for me to know that I had the the freedom and the legal right to part company with the Christian faith if I found I was unhappy with it, and I am very angry at those who would shove, among other things, a reminder to unconditionally "honor your father and mother" to everybody, including to those who are not Christians or are unhappy with the Christian faith, or to those whose parents are abusive or not deserving of honor.:mad: