As we have learned many times over the decades, even when the Supreme Court rules on a matter, it is not clear that "in the trenches" there is compliance. And so it seems with this story today from WKYT in Lexington, Kentucky:
"Crittenden County officials endorsed a Baptist preacher's plans to put a Ten Commandments monument on the courthouse grounds in western Kentucky. The Rev. Tony Alexander, pastor of Glendale General Baptist Church, intends to raise money to donate the monument. 'Christian people need to take a stand,' he said. The $1,200, six-foot granite tablet inscribed with the commandments will be placed on the lawn near another monument at the courthouse 45 miles northeast of Paducah. The county Fiscal Court approved Alexander's plans Tuesday. 'These are the laws God handed down,' Alexander said. 'If we can't abide by them, the local laws aren't worth much.'"
And then, in what might be seen as the understatement of the year: "Judge-Executive Fred Brown said the monument will probably be placed near several historical displays, and since the commandments would also be considered a historical marker, Brown said he hopes no one will object to them. 'But if they do, they do,' he said. 'We don't have any control over that. ... I would hope that no one would object, but you never know with this kind of thing.'"
Meanwhile, in a protest that raises no constitutional problems, funeral homes and a tire store in Bullit County, just south of Louisville, are handing out Ten Commandments yard signs for people to put up in front of their homes or businesses.
