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• Free to worship, while free of state | The sort of theocracy some of the protesters seem to espouse would have little patience with any who dared protest that government's disposition of a religious monument (Editorial, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
  
  
• God help America | U.S. law insists on the separation of church and state. So why does religion now govern? (Gary Younge, The Guardian, London)
  
  

More opinion:

• The controversy over Alabama's Ten Commandments statue, and the nature of justified civil disobedience | Justice Moore's actions raise the interesting question of what a judge should do when his or her oath of office conflicts with the law or Constitution of the land (Anthony J. Sebok, Findlaw.com)
  
  

Moving the monument:

• Monumental task in store for monument movers | "It wasn't very easy to get in and it won't be easy to get out," said Charles Tourney, vice president of Clark Memorials, the Birmingham company that helped make and install the monument two years ago (Montgomery Advertiser)
  
  
• Monument construction God's plan, sculptor says | Dennis Hahnemann said he supports Moore and hopes the issue persuades people to stand up for recognizing God in government (The Birmingham News)
  
  
• When will Moore's monument be moved? | A Monday update (Mobile Register)
  
  

Spillover outside Alabama:

• County sued over court Bible display | Alabama case sparks local call for removal (Houston Chronicle)
  
  
• Also: Religious symbol, or monument to loved philanthropist? | In front of the Harris County Civil Courts building sits a granite monument (News24, Houston)
  
  
• Biblical plaque at parish court draws little attention | A three-foot-tall plaque featuring the biblical commandments hangs quietly in the Morehouse Parish Courthouse, drawing little notice and few complaints (The Shreveport Times, La.)
  
  
• At issue: Shalt thou display Commandments in public? | Kansas communities have had at least two battles in recent years over whether to display the Ten Commandments on public property (Wichita Eagle)
  
  
• Monument to an inglorious past | Another rendition of the Ten Commandments finds a fitting home (Mary Zeiss Stange, Los Angeles Times)
  
  

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