New Mexico city takes Ten Commandments case to Supreme Court
ALBUQUERQUE - A New Mexico city is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a lower court ruling requiring the removal of a Ten Commandments monument outside City Hall.
Attorneys representing the city of Bloomfield filed a petition with the nation’s highest court Thursday, following through on the wishes of city councilors who voted earlier this year to pursue the case.
Attorneys with the group Alliance Defending Freedom argue in the petition that guidance from the Supreme Court is needed because various lower courts are using different standards to evaluate whether such monuments are permissible.
They pointed to a California case involving a Latin cross displayed on government property being held unconstitutional when surrounded by stone plaques honoring military personnel. However, in another case, a cross was deemed constitutional when displayed in a city insignia as a sculpture outside of a city sports complex and in a school mural.
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