Mar 8, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Harris County has appealed a 2004 ruling made by a federal court judge that ordered an open Bible, which was part of a four-foot tall display, removed.
The federal judge said the nearly 50-year-old privately donated display in Harris County, TX, violates the United States Constitution.
The display was designed and erected by the Star of Hope Mission, a Houston-based Christian charity, in memory of the late William Mosher, who had been an active member and longtime supporter of the homeless mission.
Last year, Houston resident Kay Staley filed a federal lawsuit to have the Bible removed from the display. She claimed the inclusion of the Bible violated the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. A federal district court judge agreed with Staley and ordered the Bible removed.