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Friday, April 30, 2004
Pennsylvania borough tries to skirt 10 Commandments lawsuit
HANOVER, Pa. (AP) ‹ To avoid a lawsuit, York County's Hanover borough hopes to sell a 15-foot-square plot in a municipal park under a Ten Commandments monument to a nonprofit group.
Hanover officials will petition York County courts to approve the sale. A sign would be posted indicating the monument stands on private land.
''The monument has been in place for about 50 years,'' a borough attorney said. ''If there is a way to keep it at the same location, we want to do it.''
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which threatened the lawsuit, is unsatisified and may continue its legal challenge, the York Daily Record reported.
A private group agreed to pay $930 for the land, and the Hanover Area Heritage Association has raised half of its $75,000 goal to fight the potential lawsuit.
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