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At today's White House news briefing, WND asked presidential press secretary Scott McClellan about conflicting court decisions on the constitutionality of the Ten Commandments.
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WND: That large monument of the 10 Commandments in the Texas state Capitol in Austin has just been ruled constitutional by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, not long after one Alabama federal judge ruled that just such a 10 Commandments monument in an Alabama courthouse is unconstitutional. And my first of a two-part question is, since the president, while he was governor of Texas, took no step whatsoever to remove that 10 Commandments monument from the Texas Capitol, this surely illustrates the president's support rather than opposition to 10 Commandments monuments, doesn't it?
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McCLELLAN: Les, I think that there are examples you can find of where the courts have said in some circumstances it's OK to display the 10 Commandments. In other circumstances they have said it is not. It's important that the legal process be followed. And you just pointed out that in some circumstances it has been ruled to be OK, and in other circumstances it has not.
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WND: Given the fact that one of the stars in the Confederate flag is for Texas, which provided that army some of its bravest troops, the president would never call that flag "loathsome" [as Democratic candidate Howard Dean did], would he, Scott?
McCLELLAN: Look, Les, the president, as governor, was proud that we displayed the Texas flag.
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