| ACLU of Kentucky, Meredith and Harper v. Grayson County, Kentucky |
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| Sunday, August 20, 2006, 11:37 am | |
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In 2001, the ACLU of Kentucky challenged a Ten Commandments display in the Grayson County courthouse. U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley granted the ACLU's request for a preliminary injunction and ordered Grayson Co. to remove the Ten Commandments from the display. Since then, the case was stayed (held in abeyance) pending the outcome of the Supreme Court's decision in the ACLU's companion cases challenging Ten Commandments displays in McCreary and Pulaski counties. After the Supreme Court's decision in McCreary Co. v. ACLU of Kentucky, the parties renewed their litigation efforts in Grayson County. After conducting discovery and briefing the legal issues, Judge McKinley found that Grayson County acted with a predominantly religious purpose in erecting the Ten Commandments display and therefore violated the Establishment Clause. In rejecting the County's contention that it erected the display for educational or historical purposes, Judge McKinley stated in his opinion that "there is no evidence in the record to suggest that any Fiscal Court member ever considered such a rationale." The County formally declared its intention to appeal the Judge's decision on April 21, 2008 |
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