we-never-learn-dept:
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/081004_local_bible.html

A federal judge on Tuesday gave Harris County 10 days to remove a Bible
from a monument outside its civil courts building.

U.S. District Judge Sim Lake ruled the display violated the
establishment clause of the First Amendment. He also ordered the county
to pay $41,000 in court costs and attorneys fees in the lawsuit that
contended the display of the Bible on county property was
unconstitutional.

"The court concludes that the purpose of the Bible display is to
encourage people to read the Bible," Lake wrote. "What other purpose
could there be for prominently displaying an open Bible in an
illuminated case tilted toward passers-by in a heavily frequented plaza
in front of the main entrance to the courthouse?"

Lake said Harris County should be exercising religious neutrality and
"not be seen as endorsing Christianity."

"But that does not mean that by requiring the removal of the Bible from
the Mosher monument, this court, the drafters of the Bill of Rights, or
the United States government are hostile to religion," the judge wrote.
"It means that everyone is free to adopt and practice his or her own
faith, or not to adopt any for of faith, without any pressure, direct
or implied, from government."
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From 1988 to 1995, the top of the monument remained "open and empty,
and it was often used as a trash bin," Lake wrote.