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<blockquote data-quote="Jiangshi" data-source="post: 5450730" data-attributes="member: 98352">Simple Wiki search:Scott served on the council from 1995 until 2009, becoming chairman in 2007.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Scott#cite_note-SCLeg-7" target="_blank">[7]</a> In 1997, he supported posting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments" target="_blank">Ten Commandments</a> outside the council chambers, saying it would remind members of the absolute rules they should follow. The county council unanimously approved the display, and Scott nailed a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Bible" target="_blank">King James</a> version of the Commandments to the wall. Shortly thereafter, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union" target="_blank">ACLU</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_United_for_Separation_of_Church_and_State" target="_blank">Americans United for Separation of Church and State</a> challenged this in a federal suit. After an initial court ruling that the display was unconstitutional, the council settled out of court to avoid accruing more legal fees.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Scott#cite_note-ten_commandments-19" target="_blank">[19]</a> Of the costs of the suit, Scott said, &quot;Whatever it costs in the pursuit of this goal is worth it.&quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Scott#cite_note-ten_commandments-19" target="_blank">[1</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jiangshi, post: 5450730, member: 98352"] Simple Wiki search: Scott served on the council from 1995 until 2009, becoming chairman in 2007.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Scott#cite_note-SCLeg-7'][7][/URL] In 1997, he supported posting the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments']Ten Commandments[/URL] outside the council chambers, saying it would remind members of the absolute rules they should follow. The county council unanimously approved the display, and Scott nailed a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Bible']King James[/URL] version of the Commandments to the wall. Shortly thereafter, the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union']ACLU[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_United_for_Separation_of_Church_and_State']Americans United for Separation of Church and State[/URL] challenged this in a federal suit. After an initial court ruling that the display was unconstitutional, the council settled out of court to avoid accruing more legal fees.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Scott#cite_note-ten_commandments-19'][19][/URL] Of the costs of the suit, Scott said, "Whatever it costs in the pursuit of this goal is worth it."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Scott#cite_note-ten_commandments-19'][1[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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