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TEN COMMANDMENTS MONUMENT REMOVED FROM ROTUNDA OF ALABAMA JUDICIAL BUILDING

I just read that...ugh, how sad are some people? I admire the judge standing his ground, and fighting to keep the 10 Commandments intact.

Unbelievable...

Guess who it was that was offended? LAWYERS!!! Three lawyers did not like it, so they filed suit. And the sad part about all of it is they won.

It has been appealed to the Supreme Court. But you know how liberal-biased those judges are. Chances of them overturning the Federal Courts decision is slim to none.

were these lawyers members of the ACLU by any chance?

Only one attorney is affiliated with the ACLU.

uh huh....what a surprise

It is funny that none of those silly lawsuit filers have even tried to get "In God We Trust" removed from the almighty dollar. I am sure that is next. And they will probably win it.

God is up there shaking his head.....no wonder (Noooooo Dennis, you'd better shut up, you'll get yourself banned "LOL!") I say NO MORE!

Dennis

They should have placed a stone banner over the display...

DON'T MAKE ME COME DOWN THERE! -GOD

I'm disgusted with how things are today. This country was founded on freedom. Hmm.... why doesn't religious freedom apply here?

Because of an ill-considered Supreme Court decision in the late 1940's, in which "separation of church and state" became the salient issue...which, BTW, is not in the Constitution at all.

It states that the Government cannot establish a state religion (obviously, they had denominational discord in mind, such as then seen in Europe), "nor prohibits the free exercise thereof", that every man has the right to worship as his conscience dictates, not enforced to embrace any single creed....in sum, freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM it!

Some woman is trying to do the same thing in Houston -- sue cuz one of the government buildings has a Bible encased in glass in a monument outside.

Some people want to alter the cultural landscape so that every "monument" celebrates nothing, enshrines nothing, affirms nothing.

I've even heard of one complaint that a "squared" pedestal should be changed, or removed to accomodate the sensitivities of persons who are "angularly challenged"... or that the Washington Monument is "sexist" or "gender-unfriendly" due to its shape and structure (???) :o

08/27/03
Barbour, Musgrove Offer To Help Alabama With Monument

Democratic Gov. Ronnie Musgrove and his Republican rival Haley Barbour issued separate statements Wednesday saying Mississippi would take the Ten Commandments monument that was removed under court order from the Alabama Supreme Court building. The statements were issued within minutes of each other, and it's unclear which was written first.

"For too long our courts and politicians have interpreted every American freedom of religion as freedom from religion,'' Musgrove wrote in letter to Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who installed the 5,280-pound monument in the rotunda of the Alabama Judicial Building.

"It would be my honor to host this monument as a symbol of every Mississippian's dedication to the fundamental principles of the Ten Commandments,'' Musgrove wrote on official stationery with the state seal.

Barbour, who faces Musgrove in the Nov. 4 general election, issued a statement from his campaign saying removal of the Ten Commandments monument in Alabama was wrong.

"Tell Judge Moore, who is a hero to so many of us, that if they don't want the monument in Alabama, we want it in Mississippi,'' Barbour said. "I'll send a truck over today to pick it up, if they'll let me have it for the Governor's Mansion.''

Musgrove said he would display the monument in the Mississippi Capitol for a week starting Sept. 7. He said he hoped other states would do the same.

"It is my intent to move this monument to other states to show support for our common Judeo-Christian heritage,'' Musgrove wrote.

Musgrove's predecessor as governor, Republican Kirk Fordice, caused an uproar in the early 1990s when he said at a meeting of several governors that the United States was a "Christian nation.''

I was listening to the christain radio today....first off, they said this was on private property and, something I really haven't thought about, the 10 Commandments is NOT about religion....Jews believe in the 10 Commandments, do they believe in Jesus Christ??? No!

I don't know, I agree with you MrsChad.....it's a cryin' shame what this world has become, ONE OF THESE DAYS, we're ALL gonna have to account for our actions, whatta ya think God will say when he questions the people responsible for this action??

Dennis

This is a far-reaching decision...and one that none of us should be proud of. Regardless of your stand on religion and state....there is indeed a fundamental set of principles on which our founding fathers stood. I suspect...the almighty dollar will be recalled soon for the words "In God We Trust"

A dark day for all of us...not just those who are believers.

Don't you just have to ask...I wonder which of the Ten Commandments struck so much fear into those who demanded that they be removed? Maybe they believe if they don't have to see it in stone then they don't have to live by its rules.

Wrong.

azskyman wrote:This is a far-reaching decision...and one that none of us should be proud of. Regardless of your stand on religion and state....there is indeed a fundamental set of principles on which our founding fathers stood. I suspect...the almighty dollar will be recalled soon for the words "In God We Trust"

A dark day for all of us...not just those who are believers.

Don't you just have to ask...I wonder which of the Ten Commandments struck so much fear into those who demanded that they be removed? Maybe they believe if they don't have to see it in stone then they don't have to live by its rules.

Wrong.

Agreed completely. But even aside from all of this, it is sad that so much time and money would be wasted in an effort to remove the commandments. If some people have a problem with them, just don't read them. Nobody is forcing them to do so.

Ya know.....if those attorneys were so offended by this monument, MAYBE ppl should refrain from paying these attorneys for their services because the money you send them, like everyone else has made a point of, has "In God We Trust!"......hmmm, wonder if those idiots have thought of that??

Dennis