Dec 19, 2020
Dec 20, 2020
Swamped with inquiries about building on Capitol grounds monuments from groups ranging from PETA to Flying Spaghetti Monster advocates, the State Capitol Preservation Commission
The Commission said it had been swamped with requests from groups including Hindus, Satanists and Church of the Dude.
In October 2015, workers removed the Ten Commandments monument from state Capitol grounds after the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the privately funded monument was religious in nature.
Here s a look back at the Oklahoma s Ten Commandments monuments at the state Capitol, Haskell County and LeFlore County courthouses:
Haskell County Ten Commandments
Haskell County Commissioners Sam Cole (left) and Henry Few at the Ten Commandments monument in front of the Haskell County Courthouse back in November 2004. The men are two of the three commissioners who approved the placing of the monument. Tulsa World File