(AgapePress) - A religious liberties attorney says a group dedicated to the removal of God from society has a problem with historical documents, including the Ten Commandments, being displayed in a Tennessee county courthouse.

The Rutherford County Commission voted recently to display certain historical documents in the county courthouse. The documents included the Tennessee Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Ten Commandments, among others. The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit, challenging the display.

Mat Staver is president and general counsel of Liberty Counsel. Staver says the ACLU has a problem with God -- and that by attempting to ban historical documents, it is trying to rewrite history.

"The ACLU may not agree with American history, [but] that doesn't give them the right to rewrite it," the attorney says. "If you remove the Ten Commandments from a discussion regarding American law, you will simply have to ignore -- and indeed, rewrite -- American history. That's what the ACLU is attempting to do here and around the country, and we're not about to stand by and let that occur."

Staver's firm believes Rutherford County has every right to call attention to the historical aspect of the Ten Commandments and their impact on the development of the United States. "The Ten Commandments, by itself, is obviously historical. It played a major role in shaping American law and government in this country," Staver says. "And moreover, the Ten Commandments in Rutherford County is set in the context of ... many other historical legal documents.

The ACLU has led the drive to remove religion from American life, citing the mythical "separation of church and state" argument. Constitutional law experts say that argument is false and based on a twisted interpretation of the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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