Posted on 11/05/2016 8:08:37 AM PDT by kevcol
They can put that monkey statue on my law. That thing is bad ass!
I disagree. I only want to see Christian and Jewish symbolism. I’m tired of this country being turned into Babel. I have no problem with other religions - aside from islam - but don’t want to see them taking up public space. It’s enough I have to see these bad-taste Hindu temples in my area.
No big deal.... We are a country of religious tolerance.....
You would be wrong on that.
Official state religions persisted well into the 19th century, long after the constitution was ratified. Obviously they weren't prohibited.
Nor were they constitutional.
Article 1, Section 2 of the Oklahoma Constitution: "Perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and no inhabitant of the State shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship; and no religious test shall be required for the exercise of civil or political rights."
How can the state be ensuring "perfect tolerance" if they recognize one religion by allowing it to establish a display on public property while denying the same right to another religion?
I don't either. Stop applying 1948 Roosevelt Kook Judges opinions on the subject.
Instead we'll apply your kook opinions on the subject? Thanks but I'll stick with McCollum.
I’m stunned it took ten comments to get to an Obama reference.
When has Congress ever missed an excuse to recess?
Yes, I'm sure you don't.
...I just recognize that the law in it's original meaning, gives them the right to do so if they insist on doing it.
Not when it violates their own state constitution.
Which version?
Your citing of the Oklahoma Constitution implies that you accept as legal fact whatever is in there. You are acknowledging my point about States having a right to do whatever they D@mn well please.
If you are consistent, (which I very much doubt you will be) you will be fine with Oklahoma changing their constitution to allow them to have the ten commandments on public land.
Within the powers reserved to them by the 10th Amendment and which are not prohibited them by their own state constitution and laws.
If you are consistent, (which I very much doubt you will be) you will be fine with Oklahoma changing their constitution to allow them to have the ten commandments on public land.
They can certainly try. Whether or not it passes U.S. Supreme Court muster is another thing. Past decisions have gone against states establishing an official religion.
Perhaps you are discussing what a Liberally manipulated Supreme court is going to say on the matter, I am talking about what is factually true.
Under the US Constitution, states had official state religions. Nothing has changed in the way of amendment to disallow states this right they have had from the beginning.
A debatable claim to be sure.
Under the US Constitution, states had official state religions. Nothing has changed in the way of amendment to disallow states this right they have had from the beginning.
Under the U.S. constitution states had segregated schools, too. A Supreme Court decision ended that as well.
Under the U.S. constitution states had segregated schools, too. A Supreme Court decision ended that as well.
And a Supreme Court decision (Plessy v. Ferguson) started it in the first place. Just goes to show the Supreme Court doesn't seem to know what the H3ll it is talking about from one time to the next.
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