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government from usinc, federal funds to
enforce Ten Commandments rulings
like the one in Alabama.
The measure passed the House 260-
161, but it was not included in the
Senate version of the spending bill.
The vote fell along party lines with
210 Republicans,
including Rep. Joe
Knollenberg, R-
Bloomfield Hills, voting
in favor and 13 voting
against. Fifty Democrats
voted for the amend-
ment, and 147 voted
Knollenberg
against, including all
Michigan Democratic
representatives. The lone independent,
Bernie Sanders of Vermont, voted
against, and 13 legislators didn't vote.
Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., intro-
duced a bill this month that would give
states the right to display the Ten
Commandments on state-owned prop-
erty. "These are no longer politically
unthinkable things," Stern said. "The
absence of opposition is troublesome."
HoWever, Lauter and others say they
have been heartened by the acts of oth-
ers in Alabama, including the eight
other justices on the state's Supreme
Court, who voted last week to remove
the monument.
One of those receiving accolades is
Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor,
who has been working to enforce the
federal court ruling. Pryor is believed to
oppose church-state separation, but he is
abiding by the federal court ruling out
of respect for the law.
On other issues, however, Pryor, a
nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the 11th Circuit, has run afoul of
Jewish groups. In a letter two months
ago to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, chair-
man of the Senate Judiciary Committee,
ADL leaders outlined their objections to
Pryor's nomination.
Their concerns included his promo-
tion of a Christian notion of American
law, his opposition to abortion rights,
opposition to equal rights for gays and
lesbians, and promotion of states' rights
over federal law.
Lauter said she did not believe that
Pryor's handling of the Ten
Commandments case would change
the way Jewish groups see him, since
he supports the idea of displaying the
Ten Commandments on government
property.
"Pryor has said all along, through his
statements, that he will uphold the law,"
she said. But, she added, "his ideology
has not changed a whit." 7::
— Jewish News Sta f f Writer Harry
Kirsbaum contributed to this story
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