In June 2005, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ordered Richland County Common Pleas Court Judge James DeWeese to remove the Ten Commandments from his courtroom.

On Thursday, the commandments could still be found in DeWeese's courtroom, but in another version, 10TV's John Fortney reported.

Framed on one side of the judge's courtroom was the Bill of Rights. On the opposite wall was a poster titled, 'Philosophies of Law and Conflict,' which pits the Ten Commandments against seven moral relatives.

The poster containing the Ten Commandments also included a quote from DeWeese that read, "The cases passing through this courtroom demonstrate we are paying a high cost in increased crime and other social ills for moving from moral absolutism to moral relativism … Our constitution was made for a moral and religious people."

The quote continued, "I join the founders in personally acknowledging the importance of almighty God's fixed moral standards for restoring the moral fabric of this nation."

Included with the poster was a note telling readers that they could receive an explanatory pamphlet by asking the receptionist. 10TV asked for and received the pamphlet, Fortney reported.

The receptionist supplied 10TV with a smaller copy of the poster, along with a pamphlet titled, 'Philosophies of Law and Conflict.'

The ACLU released a statement regarding DeWeese's courtoom poster.

"The judge's attempt to change the message of the poster hanging on the wall makes it more of a violation because it's clearly religious in nature," the statement read.

DeWeese did not respond to a message left with his secretary on Thursday.

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