OKLAHOMA QUIETLY REMOVES 10 COMMANDMENTS STATUE
Nighttime task aimed at keeping protesters at bay
CHERYL CHUMLEY
WND.com
Oct. 6, 2015
A Ten Commandments monument that stood on the lawns of the Oklahoma Capitol was removed quietly in the dead of night in order to avoid sparking protests.
The state paid a contractor about $4,700 to take down the monument after the Oklahoma Supreme Court found it violated a law that bars placement of monuments that show preference for “any sect, church, denomination or system of religion” on public property, the Daily Mail reported.
The monument, which was funded by private dollars, was approved for placement at the Capitol building by state lawmakers in 2009. Bruce Prescott, a Baptist minister, complained the statue’s presence violated the state constitution, and demanded its removal.
Contractors hired by the state took down the monument about 10:30 p.m. Monday, and sent it to the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs’ office down the road from the Capitol, said John Estus, with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
“We wanted it to be done as quickly and efficiently as possible and doing it at night gave us the best opportunity to do that,” Estus said, the Daily Mail reported. “The Highway Patrol was also very concerned that having it [moved] in the middle of the day could lead to having demonstrations of some kind.”
Prescott said he was glad to see the statue go.
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