On September 17, 2007, a judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky ruled that a display featuring the Ten Commandments in a Kentucky courthouse was constitutional because it did not promote religion. Judge Karl Forester ruled against a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, finding that the display was part of an exhibition on the basics of American law and government. The ruling allowed a similar lawsuit involving a Ten Commandments display at another Kentucky courthouse to proceed, because Forester was not convinced that other display was not intended to endorse religion.



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