Religious organizations show opposition to the ten commandments.

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The U.S. Supreme Court announced Thursday that cases involving displays of the Ten Commandments on government land and buildings in Texas and Kentucky will be argued on Wednesday, March 2, 2005.

After presentations have been made in the first case, Mathew Staver, president and general counsel of the Liberty Counsel, will make oral arguments in the case of McCreary County v. the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Kentucky.

This case involves the Foundations of Law displays in the McCreary and Pulaski county courthouses, which include the Ten Commandments and nine other historical and legal documents in 11 equal-size frames. The displays are a sampling of some of the documents that influenced American law and government.

On Dec. 8, the Liberty Counsel filed a 50-page brief with the Supreme Court. The ACLU's brief is due in early January, and the conservative legal group's reply brief is due in late January or early February.

Last week, the U.S. government filed an amicus brief in support of the Liberty Counsel's arguments in the McCreary County case. Twenty-two states have also filed briefs in support of the case.

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Several religious organizations are showing their opposition to publicly posting the ten commandments.

In a brief filed yesterday with the Supreme Court... the American Jewish Congress, the Baptist Joint Committee, and the Interfaith Alliance Foundation affirmed a lower court ruling, saying the display violates the separation of church and state.