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Ten Commandments restored at Virginia schools
Washington Times ^ | 1/24/11 | AP

Posted on 01/24/2011 5:38:48 AM PST by careyb

RICHMOND, Va. | A school district in southwestern Virginia is re-posting copies of the Bible's Ten Commandments in all county schools, despite concerns that doing so is unconstitutional.

The five-member Giles County School Board voted unanimously to restore the framed, 4-foot-tall, biblical texts after parents and local ministers complained about their removal from the district's five schools and its technology center. The decision was made even though the board's attorney advised that such Christian displays represent unconstitutional government endorsement of religion.

The Ten Commandments were up on school walls in Giles County for at least a decade next to framed copies of the U.S. Constitution. School officials took them down and replaced them with the Declaration of Independence in mid-December after a resident complained. The board reversed that decision Thursday after several parents and pastors, joined by a throng of supporters, told the board that the schools had a moral obligation to reinforce God's teachings.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: commandments; gilescounty; schoolboard; tencommandments; virginia; zot
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To: jboot

What I think it reveals is the secularists’ misunderstanding/misrepresentation of the Christian attitude towards Jews.

‘stater isn’t anti-Jew, he’s anti-Christian, and believes the secularist lies about us.

Romans 11:11-24 explains the relationship between us “gents” and the Jews.


61 posted on 01/24/2011 9:41:30 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: JBR34

LOL ... or the original Jewish version?? ... magritte


62 posted on 01/24/2011 9:42:30 AM PST by magritte ("There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself "Do trousers matter?")
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To: EDINVA; MrB

I’m a she, and I did mean real guns. If representatives of the ACLU come into the schools and try to remove the posters, they can be physically stopped. If they go through the courts, the school can refuse to comply OR pay and make the court use Federal marshals, getting everyone’s attention and making a massive, area-wide stink that will get many previously-indifferent people off the fence and motivated to take control of *their* local schools ... or face the fact that they are more the ACLU’s schools than the parents’.

Either way, some citizens will wake up.


63 posted on 01/24/2011 9:51:14 AM PST by Tax-chick (An attack on Sarah Palin is an attack on me.)
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To: BykrBayb
I had never questioned this until the Cristine O'Donnell debate. We had been taught and intentionally instilled by the left that it is unconstitutional. Good to see a push back to years of ACLU activism.
64 posted on 01/24/2011 9:54:29 AM PST by opentalk
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To: MrB
suddenly a prayer by a high school football coach is considered “establishing a religion"

Do you think the Constitution places no limits on the actions of Government employees regarding religion?

Can the football coach, during his paid duties, preach about Christianity, attempt to convert non-Christians to the Christian faith, criticize other religions ...

65 posted on 01/24/2011 9:57:05 AM PST by Doe Eyes
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To: Tax-chick; MrB

Well, I really don’t think the ACLU is THAT stupid ... their gig is lawsuits/courts, etc. Strangers don’t just show up in SW Virginia with guns, create havoc, and expect to leave, if you catch my drift. The mountains, hills and hollows [pronounced hollers] of SW VA have their own justice. They would just never be heard from again. Nope, ACLU isn’t that stupid.


66 posted on 01/24/2011 11:09:50 AM PST by EDINVA
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To: Doe Eyes
Oh the horror!


67 posted on 01/24/2011 11:20:56 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: K-Stater
That would, I assume, be the Jewish version.

Yes, because it is representative of a concept.

If you could locate the originals in the Ark of the Covenant, I'd opt for a literal transcription of those... ;0)

68 posted on 01/24/2011 12:35:07 PM PST by paulycy (Liberals suck all the joy out of America. Let's make them stop.)
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To: MrB
"‘stater isn’t anti-Jew, he’s anti-Christian, and believes the secularist lies about us."

OK. I'm a bit skeptical, there. A lot of folks have problems with the Commandments precisely because they are "Jewish".

69 posted on 01/24/2011 12:54:52 PM PST by jboot
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To: jboot

“A lot of folks” wouldn’t include any Christians I know of.
Jesus himself stated that he is the fulfillment of the Law, and that he did not change one “jot or tittle”.

So... what do you mean by “a lot of folks have problems with the ‘Jewish’ commandments”?


70 posted on 01/24/2011 12:57:10 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: JBR34; ilovesarah2012

When I was receiving instruction to become a Catholic, the priest who taught the class assured us that after hearing his condensed teaching of the Commandments, we would never forget them, or their order (from most important to least) again. In my case he was almost right, I still get hung up on the order of 7 & 8.

Honor God
Honor His Name
Honor His day
Honor your parents
Respect life
Respect sex
Respect property
Respect the truth
Don’t covet people
Don’t covet things.


71 posted on 01/24/2011 3:57:55 PM PST by nina0113
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To: MrB
Hmmm... idols seemed to be the BIG bugaboo in the OT. I wonder why this was left out of the “Catholice” Big 10.

'Idols' are the same as 'other gods', so it's duplication for the sake of re-iteration, because the 'no other gods' part is a really big deal. It's the same commandment.

My Hebrew is pretty much non-existent, but I understand the original doesn't have numbering at all.

72 posted on 01/24/2011 4:08:27 PM PST by nina0113
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To: MrB

I wasn’t referring to Christians. I was referring to a certain class to trolls that post here on FR. Maybe saying there are a “lot” of them is pushing it, but they tend to hit in waves.


73 posted on 01/24/2011 4:14:08 PM PST by jboot
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To: MrB
Hmmm... idols seemed to be the BIG bugaboo in the OT. I wonder why this was left out of the “Catholice” Big 10.

Hard enough to explain the worship of God and Jesus, but then to add the Virgin Mary. Two was too much, and three was way to many.

74 posted on 01/24/2011 6:50:09 PM PST by Doe Eyes
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To: careyb

Update: The Freedom From Religion Foundation now says the person who originally filed a complaint doesn’t actually have children in the school system and therefore can’t be a plaintiff.

http://www.wdbj7.com/news/wdbj7-commandments-update-01262011,0,6545547.story


75 posted on 01/27/2011 8:06:41 AM PST by Corin Stormhands
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