Hundreds Rally for Ten Commandments in Washington, D.C.     10/6/2003
By Pamela Wong

Born last summer in support of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, the movement calls for a return of God to the public square.

CWA President Sandy Rios addresses the crowd

Hundreds of Americans traveled to the nation's capital today to stand up for the Ten Commandments at a rally held in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, which opened today for its new session. Concerned Women for America's president, Sandy Rios, spoke at the event.

The rally is the latest response of citizens to events that took place in Alabama in August, when Judge Myron Thompson ordered the removal of a Ten Commandments monument from the Alabama Judicial Building. Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore had the monument placed there in 2001, and opposing organizations soon filed suits demanding its removal. Chief Justice Moore defied the court order, but officials eventually moved the monument to a locked room out of public view.

"Today hundreds of patriotic Americans rallied at the U.S. Supreme Court for their God-given and constitutional right to proclaim God in our public life and in our public buildings," said CWA Chief Counsel Jan LaRue, who attended the rally. "They represent the vast majority of Americans who believe in God and know that our liberties come from Him, and who aren't going to allow judicial tyrants to take them away."

CWA members from Illinois, New York, Maryland, Missouri and Virginia, and possibly other states, as well, attended the rally, which was co-sponsored by CWA, Christian Defense Coalition, Faith and Action, and the Christian Coalition of Alabama.

The rally is the latest in an ongoing campaign to mobilize the public to speak out for religious freedom and against judicial tyranny. Speakers, who, in addition to Sandy Rios, included Rev. Pat Mahoney of Christian Defense Coalition, Rev. Rob Schenk of Faith in Action, and Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life, challenged attendees to follow in the steps of Chief Justice Moore, who stood firm in honoring God.

Event organizers announced these practical measures:

1) place the Ten Commandments in state Capitols or other public buildings;

2) conduct solemn assemblies in local churches to re-place the Ten Commandments in local churches;

3) stand with the county commissioners in Barrow County, Georgia, who have also refused to remove the Ten Commandments from their courthouse;

4) ask the U.S. Congress to place the Ten Commandments monument in the U.S. Capitol; if that doesn't happen, return to Washington, D.C., for several days of peaceful, prayerful activism (details to be announced).

For updates on developments in the Ten Commandments movement, visit CWA's Web site, www.cwfa.org, and www.spiritofmontgomery.org.

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