Leitchfield, USA - The Rev. Chester Shartzer sang God's praises and talked of restoring his place in American government as he hoisted a framed copy of the Ten Commandments back onto the wall of a Kentucky courthouse.
More than 200 people joined Shartzer and Grayson County officials in returning the commandments to the county courthouse Monday, just days after a federal appeals court allowed the display, saying it wasn't religiously oriented.
The county won the latest stage of an eight-year legal battle with two residents and the American Civil Liberties Union, when a divided 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down an injunction barring the Ten Commandments from public property.
The ACLU has not decided whether to appeal the decision, keeping the case active for now. But, to Shartzer and Grayson County officials, the decision signaled a return of God to what they see has his rightful place in the public square.