Monday, March 19, 2007

N.D. Ten Commandments Monument Could Have Neighbor

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A group that unsuccessfully sued to have a Ten Commandments monument removed from public property near City Hall is seeking permission for another monument.

The Red River Freethinkers wants to erect a monument on the mall that will "have a different message, saying, 'You are free to worship as you please,'" said Jon Lindgren, a former mayor and leader of the Freethinkers.

"The Ten Commandments has a religious directive on it, which is to believe in this God and only this God, and it sits on public property, so it kind of implies that our government is telling you to believe in God," Lindgren said.

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