Ten Commandments vs. "moral relativist views"

The U.S. District Court for Northern Ohio last week ruled that Richland County Court of Common Pleas Judge James DeWeese did not violate a federal court order by displaying a poster depicted as “an editorial display contrasting the Ten Commandments with moral relativist views” in his courtroom. ( Decision )

The American Civil Liberties Union, had won a suit in District Court against the Judge back in 2002 for having a copy of the Ten Commandments hanging in his courtroom. That decision was affirmed by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals two years later. The ACLU filed a motion last May asking DeWeese be held in contempt now because of his current display, which has replaced his copy of the Ten Commandments. That motion was denied by District Judge Kathleen O’Malley .