Americans United Befriends Oklahoma Appeal

Americans United has filed a "Friend-of-the-Court Brief" with the Appeals Court handling the Haskell County Oklahoma Ten Commandments case. Here's a quote from AU's press release:

The AU brief demonstrates that the Commandments have become a flashpoint for Religious Right activism in recent years and that the Decalogue's display on public property in recent times is often part of a Religious Right-led crusade to assert Christian dominance.

"Against this historical backdrop, contemporary displays of the Ten Commandments convey to the public a different message than displays erected 50, 40, 30, or even 20 years ago," asserts Americans United. "After a decade-long campaign to reclaim America from religious heterogeneity, the Christian Right has transformed the Commandments into a potent symbol of Christian supremacy and ergo, a symbol of the inferior status of non-Christians in the political and legal spheres."

Here's a link to previous blogs I have written about this case.

The Mainstream Baptist Network has also filed a "friend-of-the-court brief" in this case. That brief was prepared by Rick Tepker, Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma. I'll post a link to that brief when it becomes available.