The monument, I think, will be coming down relatively soon. With the rest of the State Supreme Court having turned upon Chief Justice Moore, there isn't much left to do.

That being said: Justice Moore was and is right to act as he has. This isn't about the government 'establishing' any religion- it's about anti-Christian hysteria (and yes Luke, I am aware of the Judaic origins of the 10 Commandments, but certianly you must concede that, in the modern West, they are generally considered to be Christian).

This is simply silly. All the Establishment Clause was meant to do was to prevent the creation of a State Church- "the Church of America" or the like. It was never meant to be used as a tool to drive religion from public life- to ban Nativity displays and order the hauling down of the 10 Commandments.

Whose rights are being violated here? No ones. By the logic being used here to order the taking down of the Ten Commandments, the American flag should be ordered removed from every courtroom in the United States because it might make non-Americans (or people who hate America) feel uncomfortable.

By this logic we should stop holding court proceedings in English because it would make losers who don't speak English feel that they were receiving less than impartial Justice.