Oklahoma Republicans offer home to Ten Commandments monument

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

US | Thu Oct 1, 2015 3:38pm EDT

Oklahoma Republicans offer home to Ten Commandments monument

OKLAHOMA CITY | BY HEIDE BRANDES

The Republican Party of Oklahoma has offered a home to a Ten Commandments monument soon to be removed from Capitol grounds by court order, saying the teachings etched in stone are espoused by the party, officials said on Thursday.

A state judge in September gave Oklahoma until Oct. 12 to remove the 6-foot-tall monument, denying requests from the state's Republican leadership to leave it in its current spot a few paces from the Capitol.

The interim chairwoman of the Oklahoma Republican Party has offered to display the monument outside Republican headquarters in Oklahoma City.

"It really defines us as a nation," said Estela Hernandez "We really are a moral nation and, when we look at those laws that are enshrined in that monument, that's what we follow today."

Earlier this week, the Oklahoma Capitol Preservation Commission, which oversees art displays in public spaces, voted 7-1 to authorize the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to remove the monument. There has been no decision where to place it.

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[HassleCat]

1. Seems appropriate

The GOP loves the Ten Commandments. Except for the adultery thing. And the killing thing. And the stealing thing. And the bearing false witness thing. And... OK, OK. They don't exactly FOLLOW the commandments themselves, but they're pretty good at imposing them on others. I think that shows true devotion to the Word of the Lord Baby Jesus.

[Angry Dragon]

2. I was thinking the same thing