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Article: Georgia town removes religious symbols posted in city hall. (People & Events).(Brief Article)
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- Church & State
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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A Georgia town has taken down religious symbols from its city hall in an attempt to settle a lawsuit brought by civil liberties groups.
The Ringgold City Council removed framed copies of the Ten Commandments and the Lord's Prayer from city hall in mid August. An empty frame that council members said was for "those who believe in nothing" was also removed.
The city government was sued in June of this year by Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Georgia affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union. The groups charged that the display, posted in October, violated the constitutional separation of church and state. Two local ...