KANSAS CITY, KAN. ? The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan., decided Thursday to relocate a Ten Commandments monument from its current location in front of the Wyandotte County Courthouse.

The Unified Government Board of Commissioners voted 8-0 Thursday night to relocate the monument about 150 feet across the street to the grounds of St. Mary’s-St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. The action was taken after the American Civil Liberties Union notified the Unified Government that it intended to file litigation on behalf of an unnamed individual.

The monument has stood outside the courthouse since the early 1960s when the Fraternal Order of Eagles donated it to the county, said Hal Walker, chief counsel for the Unified Government. The monument will become a permanent fixture on the property of the church, he said.

Walker recommended that the commission relocate the monument because the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear appeals to overturn lower court decisions that forced other Ten Commandments monuments to be removed from government properties throughout the nation.

The ACLU has claimed that postings of the commandments on government property represents an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.

The Unified Government will pay for moving the monument. A date for the move has not been determined.