Vandals Attack Ten Commandments Monument

by Dave Blount | September 24, 2013 2:30 pm

Statues of Reagan aren’t the only monuments to fall victim to the rising tide of moonbattery:

A stone monument of the Ten Commandments that sits on a street behind the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington and was the subject of controversy in the past has been toppled by vandals.

The 3-foot-by-3-foot granite monument weighs 850 pounds and sits out front of the headquarters of Faith and Action, a Christian outreach ministry. The group installed the tablets in a garden outside its offices in 2006, and the group’s president said the tablets were angled so that justices arriving at the high court would see them.

The Rev. Robert Schenck, who heads the organization, said the damage to the monument happened sometime between Friday night and Saturday night. …

The monument had been pushed over so that the words of the Ten Commandments are now face down. Vandals bent a steel rod that secures the monument to a thick concrete base to an almost 90 degree angle. The monument itself is not damaged, Schenck said.

“Whoever did this was determined to get it done because it’s not something you could easily do,” Schenck said, adding that the vandals also installed a “For Rent” yard sign by the monument and that the vandalism was reported to police.

Good luck with that in DC.

The group bought the stone tablets at a charity auction in 2001. They were one of four removed by a federal court order from the fronts of public schools in Adams County, Ohio.

After some bureaucratic runaround, local DC bureauweenies withheld permission to display the Commandments. They were put up anyway, and threats of a $300/day fine were eventually dropped. The absurd controversy over displaying the ten laws at the heart of Western Civilization seemed to be over — until last weekend.

No need to erect a golden calf in their place; the golden calf is in the White House.

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Moonbats’ handiwork. They must be very proud.

On a tip from Jodie. Cross-posted at Moonbattery.

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