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These high school Virginia

Virginia, a public school district because of suspension includes the ten commandments, religious and historical literature in the school to be liberal organizations on the court, which triggered a on the first amendment to the constitution of the legal dispute.

* these ten commandments to cause high school shootings

Virginia, Giles, Naros is a small rural town. Not long ago, Giles county school district is a liberal organization to federal court, the population of only two thousand narrows town into people's field of vision. According to the America law, public schools by the community management, and the school was located in a more conservative community.

In these high school, corridor wall hanging includes religious and historical literature, 29 picture frame scintillating: the ten commandments, O Xianaki, the first president of USA portrait of George Washington, the goddess of justice pictures...

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Riverview Baptist preacher, Bourne Shane

Shane Vilburn (Shahn Wilburn) is the local "Riverview Baptist". In the Giles county public schools displaying the ten commandments and historical literature recommendation is proposed by him.

Between 1997 and 1999, several state public school occurred several campus shooting, the Columbine High School in 1999, Byrne Colorado, campus shooting incident was the most serious, 13 people were killed in this incident.

Will Bourne the priest said, after this incident, he asked the Giles county school district director of the historical document hanging in the county public schools, including written not kill commandments.

Pastor, Bourne said: "we put the document copy mosaic order and people donated in the picture frame, hanging in every public school in our county. One of the county a total of 2 high schools, 3 primary school and 1 technical school. These documents from late 1999 to early 2000 suspension, until 2010 December. As far as I know, no problem."

* liberal organization with the ten commandments by student protest *

In 2010 December, a civil rights groups appealed to Giles County School District Board of education, it took the show, or the other party to court. This move aroused the county public school students' dissatisfaction, more than 50 students out of the classroom demonstrations.

A female student said: "here is the Giles county. Christ very, very, very important in this county. Who is not happy, you can go to other parts of. We love God, the Ten Commandments should be hung in high school."

Another female students said: "Ten Commandments is our choice, it is not the choice of law, nor the state government's choice, but the choice of Giles County, the children go to school and the selection of human. If they really respect us, will send these documents to hang back."

At the beginning of 2011, Giles county school board voted to restore the suspension of these documents. At present, only narrows high school re suspension of these religious and historical literature.

The priest said, Bourne, the Ten Commandments is the moral foundation American, because of this, it was included in the history of literature: "'American Civil Liberties Union' specifically with the ten commandments, other reflect USA traditional historical literature can still remain intact. But USA is a Jewish Christian country, God put the Ten Commandments given to the sons of Israel, as their social life and treat each other as moral foundation. It has also been adopted in our moral regulations."

* America Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the government to promote religious *

In 2011 September, "USA Civil Liberties Union" Virginia division Representatives voted against the suspension of these documents to high school students Naros told a federal district court in Virginia west.

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American Victoria director branch law department Civil Liberties Union Rebecca Grunberg

Rebecca Glenberg, director of the legal department of the division (Rebecca K. Glenberg) attorney said, Naros High School of the whole exhibition aims to highlight the ten commandments and religious information it represents, it violated the first amendment to the constitution of USA shall establish clause.

Grunberg lawyers said: "because the government does not promote any religion, will prevail over other religions. The government must remain neutral in religious matters. The school environment is particularly important. In accordance with the law school, students must read. At school, they are easily influenced by instilling and accept the idea of. Therefore, the public schools to remain neutral in religion, not to promote any religious thought, this important point."

* the conservative group insisted that the Ten Commandments for USA moral foundation in law

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Chairman of liberty counsel Matthew Starr's