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PRESS RELEASE: CARRIE DEVORAH'S "GOD IN THE TEMPLES OF GOVERNMENT" PICTORIAL ESSAYS INCORPORATED INTO TEXAS' AMICUS CURIAE FILED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Date: FEBRUARY 15, 2005 Contact: CARRIE DEVORAH The ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER included in a brief, filed as AMICUS CURIAE in support of respondents Rick Perry, in his official capacity of Governor of Texas and Chairman of the State Preservation Board, DC based investigative photojournalist Carrie Devorah's pictorial essays "God In The Temples of Government." (http://www.legalaffairs.org/howappealingEPPCDeacologuebrief.PDF) Devorah's photo essays were published in conservative weekly magazine, HUMAN EVENTS, in 2003, (http:www//humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=2664, http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=2441). The Wall Street Journal, in their November 26, 2003 editorial, "Washington's Commandments," (11/26/03 Wall St. J. A16 2003 WL-WSJ 68129413) said Devorah's "striking" pictorials " only scratch the surface of America's religious heritage. But on the eve of Thanksgiving, they help remind us of the link between the faith of our forefathers and the freedoms that all Americans -- believers and nonbelievers." Mark Perry, counsel of record, for the Respondent(s) wrote "The images reproduced in this brief come from a photographic essay that vividly captures the prominence and prevalence of religious symbols in and around public buildings in the District of Columbia alone." Canadian born Devorah working on completing her photographic walk through history in the nation's capitol for a book and walking tour of the nation's capitol, said, "I feel my ability to uncover foundations the country can be proud of, arises from my combined trainings as an illustrator and investigator. I embarked on this photographic project with no preconceived notions of what I should find but, rather, open to patient exploration, research and understanding of what I continue to uncover. I hope my opportunity to present history, as it was, rather than as it is being rewritten by individual protests, continues. I feel the pictorials I present are the best argument for honouring our traditions, our heritages, our history... after all we (are) the People, for the People."