Posted on 06/27/2005 11:08:38 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch
Court Allows 10 Commandments on Seized Land by Scott Ott
(2005-06-27) -- In a pair of rulings on the constitutionality of the 10 Commandments on government property, the Supreme Court today said the commandments may be displayed on public land if that property has been seized from private owners for 'public purposes' under eminent domain.
The 5-4 decision comes on the heels of this week's court declaration that so-called "private" property is actually government land temporarily under private management until its eventual seizure.
In a second ruling handed down today, the Supreme Court banned the 10 commandments from appearing in courtrooms unless the following disclaimer is included: "Display of this historically-significant collection of laws shall not be construed as an endorsement of the God who may, or may not, have spoken them, nor of the existence of such a God, nor of the legality of the laws. Citizens may observe and obey these commandments at their own risk. Please consult your family attorney before embarking on any law-abiding regimen."
LOL. A gem.
Way to go ScrappleFace! I was just thinking about this this morning...when will the government start seizing private land for the sole purpose of removing the Ten Commandments?!? lol but they turned it around and did it much better than I ever could have!
What about seizing churches?
The line between reality and Scrapplface has become so blurred recently that this could qualify as an actual ruling from the SCOTUS.
This whole mess has me in shell shock.
mc
God bless Scrappleface. They are better than those pricks over at the Onion ever were. No one ever talks about that rag anymore since they dissed FR and Mr Robinson. Who needs em.
It will happen - just wait and see. A church sitting on prime property won't be safe. Of course they won't dare touch a mosque!
Haha. In the end I'd like to say that I'm going to go move to a Christian nation... but I thought the USA was one.
exactly what I was thinking.
Rush always says that humor requires a certain element of truth. He never mentions, though, that too much truth is the death of humor.
We'll have to tune in to "the rest of the story".
it's a satire. though not far from the truth...
And you can smoke medical marijuana there.
No fair parodying the Supreme Court, Scrappleface. You're stealing their best material!
What not employ eminent domain and snatch all religious material?
Zapata = Zapata Oil = The Bush's = baseball stadium = eminent domain used to take private property and sell it to private enterprise (if that is what really happened).
Or:
Emiliano Zapata's wars against 'eminent domain' in Mexico.
It would be funny if it weren't so tragic . . .
I don't have to show you any stinking badges!
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