Alternative To 10 Commandments Monument Proposed In Fargo, ND

In Fargo, North Dakota, the Red River Freethinkers plans to ask City Commission later this month for permission to place its own monument near City Hall. Several Freethinkers members lost a suit in 2005 that challenged the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument in the same area. They now want their alternative monument to give the message that individuals have the right to worship as they please. It will specifically refer to a 1796 peace treaty between the United States and Tripoli, that says the government of the United States "is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion." The Fargo Forum today reports that city commissioners differ among themselves on the proposal.