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The Ten Commandments still stand in the Alabama judicial building. Yesterday, a federal court accepted a lawsuit to block its removal, and has set a hearing for tomorrow. Meanwhile, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson is calling for Christians to travel to Montgomery and engage in civil disobedience to keep the monument where it is. "If the American people, Christians and others, don't stand up now, they won't be able to protect these freedoms in the future," said new Focus president Don Hodel. "It will be too late." But other evangelicals disagree. Southern Baptist leader Richard Land says Moore should not support rebellion against this government while remaining an official of that government.

As a result of all this heating up without resolution, there are dozens of fascinating articles on the subject. No time to critique them all—or even to summarize. The links are below in convenient categories.

Commandments supporters sue to keep monument:

• Commandments monument backers file suit | The lawsuit to block the monument's removal was filed in federal court in Mobile on behalf of a Christian radio talk show host and a pastor. It says a forced removal would violate the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion (Associated Press)
  
  
• Moore backers plan suit (Montgomery Advertiser)
  
  
• Suit takes new tack in Decalogue fight | Removing a Ten Commandments monument from the state Judicial Building in Montgomery, Ala., would violate citizens' First Amendment rights, lawyers said in a federal lawsuit filed yesterday (The Washington Times)
  
  

Roy Moore's suspension:

• Ala. judge relents on monument | Chief justice is suspended for defying federal order (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Judge suspended for defying court on Ten Commandments | Moore will face a trial by the Court of the Judiciary of Alabama, which will rule if he should lose his job permanently (The New York Times)
  
  
• Alabama chief justice is suspended | An ethics inquiry will review the judge's refusal to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state Judicial Building (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Moore suspended | Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended with pay after a judicial ethics commission ruled he brought his office "into disrepute" for defying a federal court order (Montgomery Advertiser)
  
  
• Moore barred from duties | Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was disqualified from performing the duties of his office Friday when the state Judicial Inquiry Commission formally accused him of violating state judicial ethics (The Birmingham News)
  
  
• Supreme Court 'coup' feared by Moore allies | Moore said he has done nothing wrong but only followed his oath of office by acknowledging God as the moral foundation of law (The Mobile Register)
  
  
• Standoff at Roy's rock | Alabama's "Ten Commandments judge" finally pushes his cause to the brink. Has he gone too far? (Time)
  
  

Roy Moore speaks:

• Moore blasts state's leaders | In a victory for the beleaguered chief justice and his supporters, a federal judge accepted a lawsuit against the other eight justices for ordering removal of the controversial rock symbol from public view (Montgomery Advertiser)
  
  
• In God I trust | Why I'm standing up for the Ten Commandments in Alabama (Roy S. Moore, The Wall Street Journal)
  
  
• Moore: 'I've kept my oath' | "It's not about a monument It's not about religion. It's about the acknowledgment of almighty God," he says (CNN)
  
  

The rallying supporters:

• Thousands drawn to Ala. standoff | For supporters, the Alabama battle is part of a broader cultural war to prevent the removal of all vestiges of religion from public life (USA Today)
  
  

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