Posted on 12/21/2005 1:12:17 PM PST by AFA-Michigan
Values group hails unanimous decision Tuesday
CINCINNATI -- In an astounding return to judicial interpretation of the actual text of the United States Constitution, a unanimous panel of the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Tuesday issued an historic decision declaring that "the First Amendment does not demand a wall of separation between church and state."
In upholding a Kentucky county's right to display the Ten Commandments, the panel called the American Civil Liberties Union's repeated claims to the contrary "extra-constitutional" and "tiresome."
See Cincinnat Enquirer at: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051221/NEWS01/512210356/1056
See U.S. Court of Appeals decision, page 13: http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/05a0477p-06.pdf
"Patriotic Americans should observe a day of prayer and thanksgiving for this stunning and historic reversal of half a century of misinformation and judicial distortion of the document that protects our religious freedoms," said Gary Glenn, president of the American Family Association of Michigan.
"We are particularly excited that such an historic, factual, and truth-based decision is now a controlling precedent for the federal Court of Appeals that rules on all Michigan cases," Glenn said.
6th Circuit Judge Richard Suhrheinrich wrote in the unanimous decision: "The ACLU makes repeated reference to the 'separation of church and state.' This extra-constitutional construct has grown tiresome. The First Amendment does not demand a wall of separation between church and state. Our nation's history is replete with governmental acknowledgment and in some cases, accommodation of religion."
The words "separation of church and state" do not appear in the U.S. Constitution, though according to polls, a majority of Americans have been misled to believe that they do, Glenn said.
For background information, see:
http://www.answers.com/topic/separation-of-church-and-state-in-the-united-states
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Minor quibble: Congress didn't write the Constitution.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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This is something all Christians, everywhere, should be in vigilant prayer about.
This is truly astounding and wonderful news. A nice Christmas present for us all.
Oh wow... I really hope the ACLU does appeal it to the SCOTUS. What are the odds they won't though, thinking they may not get the decision they want?
Thank GOD! LOL!
Wonderful! Thank God someone with Common Sense is whacking the ACLU right in the cojones!
Keep praying for the SCOTUS to uphold the Constitution, and not the Soviet Constitution!
One of the major purposes of a true education is moral instruction. Anything less is child abuse.
FINALLY... A COURT GOT THIS RIGHT!
It was in the Soviet Constitution??? I will have to look that up--I had no idea it was there. Thanks for the information. This could be very helpful when speaking to certain people in my neighborhood.
ACLU=Acknowledged Communistic Losers' Union.
LJ. somewhat off topic for moral ping list or the HA pinglist but good news for all.
Not off topic at; top dead center!
Will ping it out later.
Bump for later read!
well, looks like the ACLU walked into the wrong courtroom this time...
Whoa. Judges actually learning how to read. The Libs must be really spinning today!
"I really wish the ACLU would be declared a terrorist group and all of their lawyers sent to one of our nonexistent prisons..."
Hopefully you are including the one who sits on the USSC...
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