Posted on 07/01/2003 2:47:12 PM PDT by 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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You have got to be joking. You seriously think that in some future Islamic-majority America that Muslim government officials who would otherwise want to quash Christianity will be shaking in their boots, their plans thwarted because of the 1st Amendment, much less some dumbass ruling on courthouse decor? I can imagine it now... "Darn it, Achmed -- we would have gotten away with it, too, it weren't for those 11th Circuit infidels and their meddling Constitutional interpretation!"
No it's not. This is about a publicity seeking politician trying to abuse the Ten Commandments and the Constitution to get himself elected.
Where do you get all that? Because that is what you want? There is no basis in the constitution nor history for that view of the first amendment. Only after FDR filled the court with socialists were Americans not allowed free exercise of religion.
Read some history. Congress not only hired ministers, Congress gave thousands of acres of land to Christian ministries. Even today, billions are spent every year on promoting religion. The Rev. Floyd Flake receives Federal money for his day care program--one in which children are required to memorize Bible verses. We even have religious prisons--Otisville is Kosher, New Mexico allows Native Americans certain programs others do get, ministers all over are on the public payroll.
No it's not. This is about a publicity seeking politician trying to abuse the Ten Commandments and the Constitution to get himself elected.
Or perhaps it is your opinion, like Judge Moore's, that the Constitution allows any religious display in a government building, even when that display is expressly intended to promote a single religion to the exclusion of others. If that is your view, enough said.
Before you create these negative comparisons you might well educate yourself about what the adherents of other religions really do and what they think. I know you will be startled when you check out Islam.
Where do you get all that? Because that is what you want? There is no basis in the constitution nor history for that view of the first amendment. Only after FDR filled the court with socialists were Americans not allowed free exercise of religion.
Read some history. Congress not only hired ministers, Congress gave thousands of acres of land to Christian ministries. Even today, billions are spent every year on promoting religion. The Rev. Floyd Flake receives Federal money for his day care program--one in which children are required to memorize Bible verses. We even have religious prisons--Otisville is Kosher, New Mexico allows Native Americans certain programs others do get, ministers all over are on the public payroll.
You know what they say about people who assume.
You know what they say about people who assume.
You know what they say about people who assume.
Besides, what are all you guys doing going to church on Sunday when you should be in full attendance on Saturday, as well as Wednesday night.
Explain this statement please.
Since your post is so far up the thread, why not be clear what you are saying? You are saying that these three judges want to kill Jews in gas ovens.
Yep, you've got class.
Are Chaplains in the armed forces Constitutional?
Are prayers in Congress Constitutional?
They are both paid for with public funds and take place on public property, no?
Does the DOI have to strike the words "endowed by the creator".
Do the words "in the Year of Our Lord", have to be struck from the Constitution?
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