10 Commandments Trial In Oklahoma

The Tulsa World today describes the testimony in an ongoing trial in Muskogee, Oklahoma, challenging a Ten Commandments monument on the Haskell County courthouse lawn. The testimony focused largely on the intent of the county in erecting the monument. Haskell County Commission Chairman Henry Few said that the Commandments are "a part of Haskell County history" similar to other monuments on the courthouse lawn that honor war veterans, the Choctaw tribe and Stigler High School's 1954 graduating class. However, Pastor Mike Bush, who suggested the monument in 2004, testified that "the Lord just burdened my heart" with the need for the monument. After the county commission approved Bush's proposal, members of 17 area churches raised the $2,000 needed to construct it.