Appeal heard in dispute over Ten Commandments monument

Hernandez says she would work with donors to ensure no taxpayer funds are used to move the monument. This summer, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled in favor of the ACLU.

The monument – a six-foot-tall, three-feet-wide slab of stone shaped like two tablets – was installed in November 2012, three years after a bill authorizing it was passed by the Republican-controlled state legislature and signed into law by then-Gov. A Hindu chief in Nevada, pets permission group of as well as having the spoof Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster can also have made wish.

The original monument was smashed into pieces previous year when someone drove a auto across the Capitol lawn and crashed into it. A 29-year-old man who was arrested the next day was admitted to a hospital for mental health treatment, and formal charges were never filed.

The Oklahoma Capitol Preservation Commission is scheduled to hold a special meeting Tuesday at the Capitol.

A judge earlier this month gave Oklahoma until October 12 to remove the 6-foot-tall monument, denying a request from state Attorney General Scott Pruitt to leave it in place. Bloomfield is appealing a 2014 federal order to remove the monument on grounds it violates a constitutional ban on using public property to support specific religions.