Dr. Alan Keyes will be the keynote speaker Sept. 11 at a rally of 1,000 peaceful protestors in front of the Barrow County Courthouse in Winder, Georgia, near Atlanta.

Barrow County recently rejected an ACLU letter requesting removal of a plaque depicting the Ten Commandments from the courthouse, and county commissioners have vowed to fight pending legal action by the ACLU.

The seven-member commission voted unanimously on June 30 to accept an offer from the American Center for Law and Justice for free legal representation.

The rally was sponsored by Restore the Commandments, a joint endeavor of Rick Scarborough's Vision America and America 21. Alan Keyes' grassroots website, RenewAmerica, is assisting Restore the Commandments with anticipated rallies throughout the U.S.

Winder is about 40 miles northeast of Atlanta.

Atlanta, itself, is about 150 miles east of Montgomery, Alabama--where, on Aug. 27, Alabama officials removed a Ten Commandments monument from the state Supreme Court building, in response to a court order by federal judge Myron Thompson, precipitating rallies of up to two to three thousand protesters for days.

On Aug. 16, 10,000 supporters of the Ten Commandments demonstrated at a Montgomery rally to protest the imminent enforcement of Judge Thompson's order.

A poll released Sunday showed that 68 percent of registered voters in Alabama support Chief Justice Roy Moore in his belief that the Ten Commandments should be displayed in the Alabama Judicial Building.

The same poll indicated that Republicans were evenly divided--46 percent to 46 percent--on whether Judge Moore should have disobeyed the court order by Judge Thompson, whereas 51 percent of Democrats disapproved, and 36 percent approved.

An overwhelming 63 percent of Alabamians "rated Judge Moore positively" for his unbending stance against what he called "lawlessness" by the federal judiciary.

At the June 30 special meeting in Winder of the Barrow County Commission, an overflow crowd of 200 of the city's residents showed up. All but one supported the position of the commissioners.

Commission Chair Eddie Elder told the group that the county was prepared to do "whatever it takes" to prevent the ACLU from forcing removal of the Ten Commandments.

At an Aug. 30 rally in Montgomery, Sandy Rios of Concerned Women for America told protesters, "Let's get the Ten Commandments everywhere. Let's put them in every courtroom, let's get them in classrooms. Let's have the ACLU going nuts with these lawsuits. Just put them everywhere. Everywhere!"