Update On Quran In NC Courts

In postings last month (1, 2), I discussed the refusal of courts in North Carolina to permit witnesses to be sworn on the Quran instead of the Christian Bible. In late July, the ACLU of North Carolina sued to challenge the practice. I have discovered that a copy of their full complaint is available online. It asks the court to declare that the statute that calls for witnesses to be sworn on the Holy Scriptures should be interpreted to include not just the Christian Bible, but other religious texts such as the Quran, the Old Testament and the Bhagavad-Gita. Alternatively, if the statute is not that broad, the ACLU asks that the statute be declared unconstitutional as a violation of the Establishment Clause. [Thanks to James Lung for the information.]