Posted on 06/30/2015 9:44:29 AM PDT by GIdget2004
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a Ten Commandments monument placed on State Capitol grounds must be removed because the Oklahoma Constitution bans the use of state property for the benefit of a religion.
The 6-foot-tall (1.8-meter) stone monument, paid for with private money and supported by lawmakers in the socially conservative state, was installed in 2012, prompting complaints that it violated the U.S. Constitution's provisions against government establishment of religion, as well as local laws.
In a 7-2 decision, the court said the placement of the monument violated a section in the state's constitution, which says no public money or property can be used either directly or indirectly for the "benefit, or support of any sect, church, denomination, or system of religion."
Lawmakers have argued that the monument was not serving a religious purpose but was meant to mark a historical event.
This opened the door for other groups, including Satanists and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, to apply for permission to erect their own monuments on Capitol grounds to mark what they say are historical events.
(Excerpt) Read more at kfgo.com ...
Replace it with the sexual deviant “rainbow” flag. What a country!
Envy - one of the seven deadly sins.
We’ve lost our minds, I’d say.
Oklahoma is one of the last places I would have thought this could happen.
Take it off state property, buy a space nearby and force the Flying Spaghetti Monster people to do the same.
Does that mean the Satanic one has to go too?
Awful
Why is the Star of David on a monument listing the Protestant version of the 10 Commandments?
Which “Religion” are the Ten Commandments fostering? Or better still, which religion is against them? Oh, I forgot...ISLAM!!
...and the hits just keep on coming.
Yup. I read that first commandment, and a lot of the nonsense people are in a tizzy over is put into perspective.
Maybe they could place it on a concrete stand 6 feet tall.
So then its no longer ...on the ground...
If that was based on the Oklahoma Constitution and not the US one, the people of Oklahoma can change it.
Doesn’t look like its “...on the ground...” to me.
Looks like its on Granite.
Will be updated when “Jesus” comes back with
A SINGLE COMMANDMENT... for “the KINGDOM”...
that is..... IF he’s not too pissed off..
course the homo rainbow flag is alright to fly I bet.
GOD owns all this land/earth, HE only lets us borrow it.
Dare I ask wtf the flying spaghetti monster church is? Hopefully its some kind of joke.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.