Appeals courts have twice overturned District Judge Lacy Thornburg’s decisions to throw out a lawsuit brought by Richard Suhre in 1991. Suhre says the display caused jurors in the case to decide against him because he refused to take an oath on the Bible.
Display of the Commandments is meant to show their importance as the moral basis of the law, and "only a narrow and shrewish interpretation of the display could lead one to conclude that it is an endorsement of Christian or Jewish faith," Thornburg said. The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals will again hear the case. Suhre, 88, said he suspects the judge
is waiting for him to die so the case will be dismissed.Reprinted with permission from Religion Today, http://www.ReligionToday.com."

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