savalez (2,726 posts)
A car smashed the 10 commandments monument at the Oklahoma State Capitol
This wasn’t a case of a car taking a wrong turn, but a purposeful act, said John Estus, spokesman for the state Office of Management and Enterprise Services. Whoever did it repositioned some ramp equipment that happened to be outside the building and used it to get access to the area near the monument.
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The monument was donated by state Rep. Mike Ritze, R-Broken Arrow, amid opposition that placement of a religious artifact near the Capitol was not proper.
A lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, alleging the monument’s placement on the Capitol grounds violates the state Constitution’s prohibition against use of public property to support “any sect, church, denomination or system of religion.†The lawsuit was dismissed last month. The ACLU filed an appeal Thursday to the state Supreme Court.
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The 6-foot-tall granite monument was erected in November 2012 after Ritze and his family paid nearly $10,000 for it. It was authorized by the GOP-controlled Legislature in 2009.
Be careful going to the source, a video advertisement plays automatically.
source: http://newsok.com/article/5359778
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025709017#post20
hifiguy (15,644 posts)
2. The cosmos has a sense of irony.
Iggo (27,577 posts)
3. Aw.
Marrah_G (25,920 posts)
7. Good- never should have been there in the first place.
Youdontwantthetruth (14 posts)
11. So God the all-powerful and all-knowing could not stop a single car crashing into a monument?
Their God either does not care, is impotent or does not exist.
I will take God does not exist of $200
And several other asshole DUmmy comments.
Now then. Had this been someone purposely ramming an ABORTION CLINIC, or PLANNED PARENTHOOD, this would be "terrorism," and the usual howls for Rush's and Hannity's head on platters would be heard.
I guess some acts of TERRORISM are better than others.
Oh well. At least Tiller still got his. They can repair or replace the monument, but Tiller can't murder anymore.
