Petition Continues after the Court' s Decision of Removing Ten Commandments Monument

The Duluth City Council in Minnesota has voted 5-4 to remove the Ten Commandments monument from the public squares recently, but till now the fight has not been over, since Duluth's mayor says he has been advised that a petition to override the vote is being circulated.

Such kind of lawsuit usually takes a high cost in terms of time, money and manpower to reach the final verdict, which has induced complaints from the legal professionals.

Duluth's former mayor, Gary Doty, criticized a planning to raise $20,000 to go one round in court battle defending the monument.

The largest opposing voice comes from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The ACLU has figured in several prominent cases, including the fight to force removal of a Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the Alabama judicial building. It has resulted in the dismissal of former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore from the office for refusing to remove the monument.

In fact, the ACLU has been so active in pursuing the suppression of the Ten Commandments and other Christian symbols of faith around the U.S. It even got a nickname called "Anti-Christian Litigating Unit."

But, the Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) is spearheading the effort to organize a state-by-state project. It aims to help resolve the many controversies plaguing religious freedom advocates and setting off "separation of Church and State" debates all over the U.S.

The project is called American Religious and Legal Heritage Protection Project. First they hope to achieve the mandatory display of the Ten Commandments in state buildings throughout the country. Now the SLF's unique project has officially launched, and already several states are interested including Maryland and Ohio.