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Ten Commandments Monument Debate Rages On
Aired August 28, 2003 - 14:12 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Out of sight, but hardly out of mind. A new poll indicates most folks want a monument of the Ten Commandments back where it was, on public display in Alabama's judicial building. And some say they will never give up the fight.
Our Brian Cabell can tell us more about that. He is live in Montgomery -- Brian.
BRIAN CABELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good afternoon.
A lot of people thought the crowds would start dwindling once the monument was moved yesterday. That hasn't happened. We can you that with considerable authority. Look at the crowd right now. This is a rally taking place with former presidential candidate Alan Keyes speaking. The crowd, I would estimate somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,000, 1,000-plus, an overflow crowd.
The big attraction was James Dobson earlier. He's a Christian talk show host, also an author and psychologist. He castigated the liberals and all those who opposed the Ten Commandments monument.
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JAMES DOBSON, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: The liberal elite and the judges at the highest level and some in the media are determined to remove every evidence of faith and God from this entire culture. They are determined to control more and more of our personal lives and our private lives. And it is time that we said, enough is enough.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CABELL: Again, that gentlemen the big attraction for this noontime crowd here in Montgomery, Alabama.
The question now is, will this crowd begin to dwindle? Only about two dozen people were here last night. There will be rallies held this weekend. Whether they will have in the hundreds or thousands, we simply don't know. They are trying to draw people from out of state. They have been coming from out of state for the last 10 days ago.
Also at this hour, some folks are down at the district court here in Montgomery filing another lawsuit trying to get the monument put back in the rotunda. So the fight goes on -- back to you.
PHILLIPS: Brian Cabell, live from Montgomery, thank you.
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Aired August 28, 2003 - 14:12 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Out of sight, but hardly out of mind. A new poll indicates most folks want a monument of the Ten Commandments back where it was, on public display in Alabama's judicial building. And some say they will never give up the fight.
Our Brian Cabell can tell us more about that. He is live in Montgomery -- Brian.
BRIAN CABELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good afternoon.
A lot of people thought the crowds would start dwindling once the monument was moved yesterday. That hasn't happened. We can you that with considerable authority. Look at the crowd right now. This is a rally taking place with former presidential candidate Alan Keyes speaking. The crowd, I would estimate somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,000, 1,000-plus, an overflow crowd.
The big attraction was James Dobson earlier. He's a Christian talk show host, also an author and psychologist. He castigated the liberals and all those who opposed the Ten Commandments monument.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
JAMES DOBSON, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: The liberal elite and the judges at the highest level and some in the media are determined to remove every evidence of faith and God from this entire culture. They are determined to control more and more of our personal lives and our private lives. And it is time that we said, enough is enough.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CABELL: Again, that gentlemen the big attraction for this noontime crowd here in Montgomery, Alabama.
The question now is, will this crowd begin to dwindle? Only about two dozen people were here last night. There will be rallies held this weekend. Whether they will have in the hundreds or thousands, we simply don't know. They are trying to draw people from out of state. They have been coming from out of state for the last 10 days ago.
Also at this hour, some folks are down at the district court here in Montgomery filing another lawsuit trying to get the monument put back in the rotunda. So the fight goes on -- back to you.
PHILLIPS: Brian Cabell, live from Montgomery, thank you.
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