Stephen Maturin

Seems that the Elkhart County, Indiana Administration Building houses a display that includes the Ten Commandments and some other stuff. Among the other stuff is the preamble to the Indiana Constitution, which talks about Hoosiers' "indefeasible right to worship almighty God according to the dictates of their own conscience." Trouble is, the quoted verbiage comes from the preamble to the Tennessee Constitution.

Oops.

The preamble to the Indiana Constitution actually reads:

Looks as though a mere expression of gratitude to Almighty God written in big ol' capital letters didn't quite cut the mustard for the folks who donated the display. And, of course, the Indiana Constitution is a bit more balanced than it might appear to someone who STOPS READING at the preamble. From the Bill of Rights:

Somehow, though, I doubt that either of the above provisions will figure prominently in the display, if they figure in it at all.

beejay

This is probably a case of frugal Hoosiers taking advantage of clearance sales on displays that have been declared unconstitutional in Tennessee.

The City of Elkhart "donated" $78,000 to the Indiana Civil Liberties Union when they lost the fight to keep the 10C monument the Eagles donated in the 1950s.

I'm surprised the county wants to go through the same thing.