{"id":2638726,"date":"2026-08-01T10:11:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-fights-to-preserve-ten-commandments-monument\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T10:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:12:45","slug":"arkansas-fights-to-preserve-ten-commandments-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-fights-to-preserve-ten-commandments-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas Fights to Preserve Ten Commandments Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farkansas-fights-to-preserve-ten-commandments-monument%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2638726&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A court in Arkansas steadfast that a Ten Commandments monument on the state capitol grounds is unconstitutional and must be removed.The decision is being challenged by Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin and the First Liberty Institute, who argue that such displays are constitutional due to their historical importance. The original lawsuit was filed by groups including The Satanic Temple and the American Humanist Association. Supporters contend the monument reflects American and Arkansas legal history, citing laws like the Arkansas Display Act of 2015. Previous controversies include the vandalism and subsequent replacement of the monument, as well as legal battles over religious displays in public schools. Officials like Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders defend the display as a reflection of Western morality and law. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/double-murderer-whom-biden-sprung-from-death-row-is-now-demanding-an-even-bigger-gift\/\" title=\"Double Murderer Whom Biden Sprung from Death Row Is Now Demanding an Even Bigger Gift\">case highlights ongoing debates<\/a> over the separation of church and state and the constitutional protections for religious symbols in public spaces.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A court in Arkansas ruled a Ten Commandments monument erected on state capitol grounds is unconstitutional and must be removed. The decision is now being challenged by Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin (R) in conjunction with the First Liberty Institute.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit was originally filed by The Satanic Temple, Freedom from Religion Foundation, American Humanist Association, and the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers to take the monument down. Griffin and First Liberty are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to reverse the decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis question has been settled by the Supreme Court \u2014 displays that are part of the history and tradition of America, like the Ten Commandments, are presumed to be Constitutional,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/firstliberty.org\/media\/court-asked-to-reverse-decision-saying-ten-commandments-monument-at-the-arkansas-capitol-must-come-down\/\">said Roger Byron, senior counsel at First Liberty.<\/a> \u201cThe District Court\u2019s opinion tosses aside the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Kennedy as a mere suggestion. We are grateful to Attorney General Griffin and his Office for their vigorous defense of the Ten Commandments monument and the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeff LeMaster, the communications director for Griffin\u2019s office, noted that the Ten Commandments are not just part of Christian history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Act 1231 of 2015 (the \u2018Display Act\u2019), the Arkansas Legislature initiated a Ten Commandments monument to commemorate the Ten Commandments\u2019 role in American and Arkansas legal history,\u201d LeMaster told The Washington Stand. \u201cWe will continue to defend that duly enacted law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This comes after controversy over displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools in Arkansas earlier this year. In March, a federal district court issued a permanent injunction in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/court-permanently-blocks-arkansas-law-requiring-ten-commandments-in-every-public-school-classroom-and-library\">Stinson v. Fayetteville School District No. 1<\/a>, forbidding their exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Arkansas, we do in fact believe that murder is wrong and stealing is bad,\u201d Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/arkansasadvocate.com\/2026\/03\/16\/federal-judge-blocks-arkansas-ten-commandments-law\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">statement<\/a>. \u201cIt is entirely appropriate to display the Ten Commandments \u2014 the basis of all Western law and morality \u2014 as a reminder to students, state employees, and every Arkansan who enters a government building, and I look forward to appealing this suit and defending our state\u2019s values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis question has been settled by the Supreme Court \u2014 displays that are part of the history and tradition of America, like the Ten Commandments, are presumed to be Constitutional,\u201d observed Roger Byron, senior counsel at First Liberty. \u201cThe District Court\u2019s opinion tosses aside the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Kennedy as a mere suggestion. We are grateful to Attorney General Griffin and his Office for their vigorous defense of the Ten Commandments monument and the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to First Liberty Institute, the Arkansas State Legislature allowed the installation of the monument on the Arkansas State Capitol grounds in 2015. However, not even 24 hours after it was established, it was destroyed after a vandal ran over it with a truck. The monument was then replaced in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPermanent Ten Commandments monuments are part of a longstanding national tradition of acknowledging the Commandments\u2019 historical influence on American law. The Supreme Court and this Court have held materially similar monuments are constitutional, and the Display Act drew from those precedents,\u201d read a legal brief filed in the case yesterday. \u201cYet the district court improperly distinguished those cases. \u2026 Properly applied, that test asks whether the Display Act and monument resemble the coercive hallmarks of a religious establishment. 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Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin (R), along with the First Liberty Institute, is appealing this ruling. The lawsuit was initially filed by The Satanic Temple, Freedom from Religion Foundation, American Humanist Association, and Arkansas Freethinkers to remove the monument<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2638727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_0873.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7411,43167,32869,83543,32069],"class_list":["post-2638726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arkansas","tag-court-fight","tag-legal-battle","tag-religious-display","tag-ten-commandments"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_0873.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2638726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2638726"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2638726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2638730,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2638726\/revisions\/2638730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2638727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2638726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2638726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2638726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}