Christians abuse Federal judge
• Christian Fundamentalism
Senior U.S. District Judge William O'Kelley who ordered a Ten Commandments display removed makes it clear that Christian Fundamentalists are fools if they harass him on the telephone.
O'Kelley, a federal judge for 33 years, said he was raised by a "very Christian family." As for the language used on messages left on his office answering machine, "it wasn't very Christian, I can tell you that."
O'Kelley, 73, made his remarks during a hearing on a lawsuit challenging another Ten Commandments display, this one at the Barrow County Courthouse in Winder.
"All I need to have are enough facts" about threats against or intimidation of plaintiffs or witnesses, O'Kelley said. If provided such information, O'Kelley promised, he will forward it to the U.S. Attorney's Office. "We've got a place in the south of Atlanta" for such offenders, O'Kelley said, referring to the federal prison.
As for the threats that reached his office, O'Kelley said with a satisfied grin, "The marshals have talked to him. We know who it was."
Bill Rankin and Plott Brice, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Judge warns those who make threats over Commandments