Oklahoma panel orders removal of Ten Commandments monument
Source: AP
By SEAN MURPHY
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A six-foot-tall granite monument of the Ten Commandments that has sat outside the Oklahoma State Capitol for several years is on its way out.
A panel that oversees artwork at the statehouse voted 7-1 on Tuesday to authorize the privately funded monument's removal after the state's highest court ruled that it violated the Oklahoma Constitution.
The Capitol Preservation Commission, which was named as a defendant in a lawsuit seeking the monument's removal, voted to authorize the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to remove the one-ton granite monument.
"We're going to meet with the builder who installed it and figure out the best way to remove it," said OMES spokesman John Estus. "We're also going to coordinate with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol to address some ongoing security concerns that they have."
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