Posted on 05/27/2006 7:58:41 AM PDT by ECM
MONTGOMERY, Ala.--Most politicians would kill for--or spend millions of dollars to acquire--the name recognition Roy Moore has in Alabama. Not necessarily the kind of name recognition, mind you. Just the level.
That's because here, and across the country, he's known not just as Roy Moore, but as "Roy Moore, Ten Commandments Judge"--the Southern Baptist-cum-chief justice of Alabama who defied a federal court order to remove his 2 1/2-ton monument to the Commandments from the state courthouse, and lost his job as a result. It's a moniker that wins him automatic support in some quarters, and deafens ears before he even opens his mouth in others. And as he runs for the Republican nomination for governor in his native state, that notoriety is both a blessing and a curse.
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A lot of people in this country could say the same thing...all having different religions. I prefer to have no interference with my religion by the government.
I think you nailed it. Call Moore anything you want, just not "conservative".
As do most theocrats. Thank God for the Constitution.
Try to explain, one:
and like it or not, there are other religions in this country.
What does this statement have to do with the topic?
Two:
but to now put in a distinctly Christian monument
How is this a "distinctly Christian monument".
You have got to be kidding...those questions are so obvious.
By the way...insults only started when you went on a tirade about my name.
Yes, and thank God for the atheists who wrote it. < /s>
I actually went to Montgomery, Alabama and saw the monument. It is not distinctly Christian at all. It has a bunch of historical quotes on it along with the Ten Commandments. If you want to tie one relgion to it, you would have to blame Judaism. The point of the monument is simply to display the moral foundation for law. And guess what, Christians do not believe being moral makes you a Christian, though being immoral will likely be a sign you aren't one. If it were a Christian monument it would have John 3:16 and things like that on it.
Freedom thrives where the people willingly put moral restraints on themselves. Our Constitution was never supposed to be the enemy of religious expression, not even in the public square.
Yes. I am not surprised you are unable to answer. I was correct in my guess that you would not answer.
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