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To: TeĆ³filo
Sending dual signals in ruling on this issue for the first time in a quarter-century, the high court said that displays of the Ten Commandments — like their own courtroom frieze — are not inherently unconstitutional. But each exhibit demands scrutiny to determine whether it goes too far in amounting to a governmental promotion of religion, the court said in a case involving Kentucky courthouse exhibits...

Talk about unclear rulings! This one takes the cake. Cowards.

2 posted on 06/27/2005 9:32:26 AM PDT by Minuteman23
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To: Minuteman23

I don't think it's really that unclear. Does the display promote Christianity above (or in the absence of) other historical foundations for the law? Are the Commandments posted because they're the Word of God, or because they're part of our legal tradition?

You can disagree with the rulings, but they certainly seem consistent with what they've been saying for some time now.


3 posted on 06/27/2005 10:12:33 AM PDT by highball ("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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