January 12, 2004
Judge denies order prohibiting statue's display
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A federal judge will allow Washburn University to continue to display a sculpture of a Catholic clergyman while a lawsuit seeking its removal moves forward.
U.S. District Judge G. Thomas VanBebber today denied a request for a temporary restraining order prohibiting the statue's display.
A student and a professor asked that the "Holier Than Thou" statue be removed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The non-profit Thomas More Law Center in Ann Arbor, Mich., is representing Andrew Strobl, a student and president of the Catholic Campus Center, and Thomas O'Connor, a biology professor.
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Quick somebody inscribe the Ten Commandments onto it. It will then be gone in a court-ordered flash.
Posted by Jeff Miller at January 12, 2004 7:12 PM | TrackBackThe threads of this story disoriented me for a moment, until I remembered what statue it was. It really is a horrid and offensive statue, but I remain against "using the enemy's tactics," so to speak.
Posted by Justin Katz email at January 13, 2004 12:31 AM