Ten Commandments monument erected in Atoka

Tuesday, May 2nd 2006, 10:57 am

By: News On 6

ATOKA, Okla. (AP) -- A monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments has been put in place outside the Atoka County Courthouse even as a lawsuit challenging a similar display in Stigler is being heard.

Nancy Hyatt with the Ten Commandments Monument Group says she's aware of potential lawsuits challenging the display in Atoka but is confident the monument is constitutional.

And Hyatt says the monument is a historical -- not religious -- display.

The Ten Commandments monument on the Haskell County Courthouse lawn at Stigler is being challenged by a disabled veteran and the American Civil Liberties Union. The lawsuit is being heard in federal court in Muskogee.