KRWG: ACLU suing NM City Over Ten Commandments Monument (2012-02-10)

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ACLU suing NM City Over Ten Commandments Monument

KRWG News (2012-02-10)

BLOOMFIELD, NEW MEXICO (krwg) - BLOOMFIELD, N.M. (KRWG) The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico has filed a lawsuit on behalf of two Bloomfield residents over a Ten Commandments monument displayed at City Hall.

The lawsuit alleges that the monument is a government endorsement of religion and violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as well as the New Mexico State Constitution.

ACLU New Mexico chapter executive director Peter Simonson says the government should not decide which religious doctrines it favors and then post them on government property.

Simonson added Individuals, religious communities, and religious associations should be free to post the Ten Commandments as they wish, and the ACLU will defend their right to do so.

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