PITTSBURGH (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a Ten Commandments monument at a western Pennsylvania school violates the U.S. Constitution, but did not order that it be removed.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review says Friday's ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge Terrence McVerry left both sides claiming victory.
The dispute is over the 4½-foot monument that has stood on the property of Connellsville Area Junior High School since the 1950s.
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The judge says the monument violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment, which bars the government from endorsing a particular religion. But he says he did not order that the monument be removed because the family who originally objected to it no longer attends or visits the school.
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