Ala. Judge Loses Ten Commandments Appeal

Washington Post ^ | July 1, 2003 | Associated Press

[Lurking Libertarian]

ATLANTA - A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a Ten Commandments monument the size of a washing machine must be removed from the Alabama Supreme Court building.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed a ruling by a federal judge who said that the 2 1/2-ton granite monument, placed there by Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, violates the constitutional separation of church and state.

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Moore put the monument in the rotunda of the courthouse in the middle of the night two summers ago. The monument features tablets bearing the Ten Commandments and historical quotations about the place of God in law.

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[Chancellor Palpatine]

And calling a nameless screenname "sir" on an internet bulletin board while advocating ignoble murder over putting up a shrine to your religion on public property is the surest sign that someone is an underachieving, underearning dolt who wants to sound infinitely more important than he is.

[rottweiller_inc]

Nobody wants to look at the flip side.

The point is very simple..congress made no law respecting what Judge Moore did concerning religion. People like you trying to convince everyone else that they cannot comprehend the simple meaning of words are dispicable.

[FreeLibertarian]

How much longer before Christians will be worshipping in the catacombs again?

Just worship some place other than public buildings and there will be no problems.

[Mulder]

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a Ten Commandments monument the size of a washing machine must be removed from the Alabama Supreme Court building.

Didn't Old Hickory say something about the "Supreme Court has spoken, now let them enforce it?"

Someone posted that on another thread the other day and it jogged my memory.

[lugsoul]

The entire Bill of Rights applies to the states, via the 14th Amendment. That's law older than your grandmother.

Next.

[FreeLibertarian]

After he got out of jail for contempt, he would run for Gov. or AG and win in a landslide.

Are convicted felons eligble for public office in Alabama?

[qwertyz]

Here's a link to the exact wording on the monument: http://www.tencommandmentsdefense.org/TenCommandmentsMonument.htm

[lugsoul]

I'll answer that one: no. But that's not what this case was about. Does the Constitution prohibit religious displays placed by the government for a strictly religious purpose, limited to a single religion to the exclusion of others? Yes. And that is exactly what Judge Moore said he was doing.

Just read the case. Why are so many compelled to spout off about things they know nothing about?

[lugsoul]

It is right there in the opinion, linked on this thread. And while you're at it, read what the good Judge had to say about the motives for putting it up.

[Stopislamnow]

Where did I advocate ignoble murder?

DU is calling to you, can you hear it?

[jwalsh07]

And I did give you an answer. Please read my response again.

Yes you did. My apologies.

[lugsoul]

Oh, Spiff. The 10th refers to rights NOT set forth in the Constitution - or reserved to the people under the 9th. It does not give the states the right to trump the Federal Government on the issue of interpreting the U.S. Constitution. If you think it does, please indicate where.

[YoungKentuckyConservative]

Great. We're getting screwed by our own guys...

Wake up to reality. There are "no" conservatives in public office. The move toward Marxism/Socialism is complete and now only a "slow" progression that the masses of the dumb cannot invision is necessary. The culture war has already been decided. Only a revolution could stop the tide, and the people don't have the character and will for that. Enjoy America while you can. It's going to be gone very, very soon.....in our lifetimes.

[Catspaw]

Think hundreds of armed civilians.

It's time to get bloody and defend our rights.

So what you're advocating is the murder of US Marshals?

[DPB101]

They were the "black robed" brigade.

Lenin called them the "Black Hundreds"

[lugsoul]

Not even that, FL - you can worship in a public building as much as you like - as long as the government isn't assisting, participating, or endorsing the worship of your religion. Why Christians, or members of any other faith, have a problem with this is beyond me.

[FreeLibertarian]

California, Texas, Arizona, Florida, and New Mexico for example will soon be overwhelmingly Catholic, not protestant.

New Mexico has been overwhelmingly Catholic for several hundred years.

[jwalsh07]

Why are so many compelled to spout off about things they know nothing about?

I dunno. Perhaps so we can be lectured to by pompous asses?

I didn't mention Judge Moore. I asked a simple question, not directly referencing this case, to get a feel for where Dog was coming from.

His answer, which I failed to read the first time, was sufficient for me to understand his views here.

Your answer was sufficient for me to put you in the category mentioned above.

FR is great, ain't it?

[DPB101]

Just worship some place other than public buildings and there will be no problems.

Who gave you the right to tell people where and when they can worship?

For over 70 years, church services were held in the House of Representatives every Sunday. Jefferson attended regularly. Was Jefferson supporting an unconstitutional act?

[lugsoul]

"So what you're advocating is the murder of US Marshals?"

That's what it sounds like to me.

The shallowness of comprehension on this issue is astounding. Don't you people understand that this Judge openly states that he put up this monument to further the influence of Christianity on the operation of the law in his court? That's not what I say - that's what HE says. Do you people really believe that the Constitution endorses a theocracy?