An Ohio judge whose courtroom Ten Commandments poster was deemed an unconstitutional endorsement of religion, is giving it another try. This time, James DeWeese claims his self-made poster is ok because it's merely helps him express a personal philosophy of law.
Attorneys for DeWeese argue in a brief filed to the appeals court last month that the new poster is "markedly different" from the 2000 display in which he hung separate posters of the Ten Commandments and the Bill of Rights.
The new poster is titled "Philosophies of Law in Conflict," and shows two columns. On the left are the Ten Commandments, labeled "moral absolutes." On the right are seven of what the judge called "humanist precepts," which he labeled "moral relatives."
Americans United calls it an effort to "dress religious doctrine in secular clothing."
