Alabama voters OK constitutional amendment on Ten Commandments displays

November 6, 2018 at 11:30 p.m. | Updated November 6, 2018 at 11:31 p.m.

by Associated Press

Light streams across the face of the Ten Commandments memorial where it once stood in the lobby of the rotunda of the State Judicial Building in Montgomery, Ala. Eight years after Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore was removed from the post because a dispute over the monument, he announced that he would run for the position again at a news conference in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday.
Light streams across the face of the Ten Commandments memorial where it once stood in the lobby of the rotunda of the State Judicial Building in Montgomery, Ala. Eight years after Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore was removed from the post because a dispute over the monument, he announced that he would run for the position again at a news conference in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday.

Voters in Alabama have approved a constitutional amendment regarding the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools and government buildings.

The proposal would allow displays in public schools and government buildings in a way that "complies with constitutional requirements," such as being posted with historical documents.

Amendment supporters say it will encourage schools and towns to put up copies of the Ten Commandments. Promoter Dean Young says the amendment sends a message that Alabama wants to "acknowledge God."

Randall Marshall of the ACLU of Alabama says the amendment doesn't change much since the displays have to follow constitutional restrictions.

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