Indiana leaders push to bring Ten Commandments monument back to Statehouse

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Indiana's governor and attorney general want the Ten Commandments back at the Indiana Statehouse.

A motion was filed Monday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in Indianapolis, asking to remove the ban that has been in place since 2000 on displaying a Ten Commandments monument at the Statehouse, according to a release.

Governor Mike Braun and Attorney General Todd Rokita argue recent decisions made by the Supreme Court, including a decision allowing the Ten Commandments to be displayed at the Texas Capitol, should mean that original decision should no longer apply.

“This monument reflects foundational texts that have shaped our Nation’s laws, liberties, and civic life for generations,” Governor Mike Braun said in a release. "Restoring this historical monument is about honoring our heritage and who we are as Hoosiers."

The motion seeks to have a donated monument, a gift from the Indiana Limestone Institute, displaying the Ten Commandments on one side, the Bill of Rights on the opposite side, and the Preamble to the Indiana Constitution on the smaller sides, returned to its original location at the Statehouse.

The donated monument now remains in the southern Indiana city of Bedford, about 75 miles south of Indianapolis.

A similar monument stood on the Statehouse lawn for more than 30 years until it was vandalized in 1991.

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