The Supreme Court in Oklahoma has ruled the Ten Commandments monument erected in 2012 at the State Capitol must be removed.
The court overturned a decision by a district court that ruled the monument could remain, according to a report by Fox News Insider, which quoted The Associated Press.
The six-foot-tall monument, made of granite, was privately funded by a GOP lawmaker.
The Court said in its ruling the monument is “obviously religious in nature and… an integral part of the Jewish and Christian faith.”
A similar monument in Texas was found constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. But in Oklahoma the Ten Commandments were found to violate the state’s constitution, rather than that of the nation.
Several other groups have asked to place their own monuments at the State Capitol, sparking the controversy. An animal rights group, a Hindu leader in Nevada, the satirical Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and a group that wants to erect a seven-foot-tall statue of Satan as Baphomet (a goat-headed figure with horns, wings and a long beard) all want to have their space at the State Capitol too.
