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• Commandments feud turns to siege | It is week two at the Alabama Judicial Building—suddenly the nation's battlefront over separation of church and state—and everyone seems to know their place (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• Monument fans keep the faith | The anticipation that "something was bound to happen" grew throughout the day Monday outside the state Judicial Building (Montgomery Advertiser)
  
  
• Ten Commandments supporters rally on | Chief Justice Roy Moore of Alabama is on the ropes — but his support is only growing (The New York Times)
  
  
• Protests remain peaceful | About 60 Montgomery police officers were at the Frank M. Johnson Federal Building and Courthouse on Friday in case a rally supporting the Ten Commandments monument got out of hand (Montgomery Advertiser)
  
  
• Moore supporters split into dueling protests | As Moore's chief defenders stood in front of a microphone to sing his praises, others stood on a ledge not far away and began shouting at the top of their lungs (Montgomery Advertiser)
  
  
• Exit watchers maintain post | Their only job while in Montgomery is to keep authorities from removing the monument (Montgomery Advertiser)
  
  
• Climber disrupts Sunday service | A day that began with the showing of faith at Sunday church services at the state Judicial Building, drew to a close with the spectacle of a man climbing the side of the building (Montgomery Advertiser)
  
  
• Barricade protects, protesters are told | Officials were concerned about crowd control at the front door entrance, which is made of glass (Montgomery Advertiser)
  
  
• Also: Guards brace for protest | Court security officers lined a path in front of the heavy glass doors of the state judicial building with metal barricades Monday, bracing for crowds willing to be arrested to prevent removal of a Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda (The Birmingham News)
  
  
• Alabama's religious right enlists image of King | The leaders of the Ten Commandments rally have for days been trying to associate Roy Moore's cause with that of King (Financial Times)
  
  
• Protesters not going away | Everyone—the Christians, the casual observers, the TV crews, two toddlers in a playpen—endured the blazing sun Saturday on the fourth day of a protest of a court order to remove the Ten Commandments monument from the Alabama Supreme Court building (Mobile Register)
  
  
• Hotels, eateries cash in on rally | Montgomery area businesses have enjoyed a financial lift from the hundreds of protesters who descended on the Capital City in support of the Ten Commandments monument (Montgomery Advertiser)
  
  

Reaction from Christian community:

• For Pryor, religious, legal rights in conflict | Senators, Bible belt criticize Ala. attorney general (The Washington Post)
  
  
• How judge's stand resonates in Bible Belt | The Alabama judge's highly visible crusade to keep a Ten Commandments monument in the rotunda of the state judicial building appears to have won the admiration of almost everyone in town (The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• For Christian right, rallying cry rises from Ten Commandments | Alabama protest is latest, largest in string of battles; 'We're making history here' (The Baltimore Sun)
  
  
• Ten Commandments crisis in Ala. puts evangelicals on opposite sides | Jim Dobson criticizes stand by Richard Land (Baptist Press)
  
  
• Dobson urges support of 'Ten Commandments justice' | Says Chief Justice Roy Moore's battle 'a pivotal point in history' (Press release, Focus on the Family)
  
  
• Related: The battle for the Ten Commandments (Focus on the Family, audio)
  
  

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August (Web-only) 2003, Vol. 47