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A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit over
a Ten Commandments monument in downtown Fargo.


      The lawsuit by the Red River Freethinkers group claims the city
gave the monument a religious purpose in voting three years ago to
keep it. The city argued that the case should be dismissed for lack
of merit.


      U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson ruled Wednesday to accept the
recommendations of U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Klein, who said the
Freethinkers should not be allowed to challenge the city's decision
to keep the marker.


      The city originally had voted to move it.

      The monument was donated to the city in 1958, to commemorate an
urban renewal project. It was installed on its current site near
the Fargo Civic Auditorium in 1961.
      

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A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit over
a Ten Commandments monument in downtown Fargo.


Judge throws out Fargo Ten Commandments suit

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