In Alabama, there is no underestimating the popularity of religion
• Christian Fundamentalism
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Nov. 18 — Roy Moore may be the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, but around here most people just call him the Ten Commandments judge.
And the 5,280-pound monument of the holy tablets he wheeled into his courthouse early one morning last year, without the knowledge of his colleagues, is simply known as "Roy's rock."
But today a federal judge issued his own commandment: Thou shalt remove thy monument. Now.
From the New York Times : Judge's Biblical Monument Is Ruled Unconstitutional
What followed: Moore's supporters "are packing buses", Alabama's decalogue demagogueMoron Moore Suspended