Posted on 06/30/2015 11:30:57 AM PDT by mojito
Oklahoma's Supreme Court says the Ten Commandments monument at the state Capitol must be removed because it indirectly benefits the Jewish and Christian faiths in violation of the state's constitution.
The court ruled Tuesday that the Oklahoma Constitution bans using public property to benefit a religion, and said the Ten Commandments are "obviously religious in nature."
Attorney General Scott Pruitt argued that the monument is nearly identical to a Texas monument that was found constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. Oklahoma justices said the local monument violates Oklahoma's constitution.
Private funds were used to erect the monument in 2012. Since then, others have asked for space, including a Nevada Hindu leader, animal rights advocates, the satirical Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and a group pushing for a Satan statue.
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Should be *shouldn’t* be that difficult.
If only you were wrong. But it’s not looking like it.
"America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold:
- It's patriotism,
- It's morality,
- and it's spiritual life.
If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within." - Joseph Stalin
Step 2: Impeach the judges.
Well we all knew the Islamic enemy agent posing as our President was going to put his war against the US into overdrive as he began his unconstitutionally elected 2nd term, I just didn’t think it would be this much in so little time. And...he’s got a year and half left. Just think how much damage has been done in the past few weeks, we got 1.5 YEARS left!
LOL! Now THAT is a great idea!
I can tell you one thing for sure. Ok’s Governor will be falling all over her self to make safe her Establishment credentials. That monument is coming down.
How do they feel about the “Imperial Turd” of god Quetzalcoatl in downtown San Jose.
I’m sure they want to address that too../sar
Thou shalt not worship any other gods than them
It’s getting to be that way.
Yahoos saying “no” doesn’t mean much,
unless the sheriff is standing there with them saying
“they said ‘no’”.
§ 5. Public money or property - Use for sectarian purposes . No public money or property shall ever be appropriated, applied, donated, or used, directly or indirectly, for the use, benefit, or support of any sect, church, denomination, or system of religion, or for the use, benefit, or support of any priest, preacher, minister,or other religious teacher or dignitary, or sectarian institution as such.
Show up to pay your taxes in US Currency and then point out the "In God We Trust", so guess the state cannot accept the money to pay my taxes since it would be a violation of the Oklahoma's constitution. Oh and if they take the US Currency, sue the state of Oklahoma!
It is time to start saying 'NO'. RESIST. Refuse to comply. Speak out and call Soros out for his FAKE 'grass roots' movements. Talk about ASTROTURF???
All mentioned before: The Supreme Court has Moses and the tablets on its façade. The House and Senate have paid chaplains, and as already noted, “In God We Trust” is on our currency. Hypocrisy abounds.
“Thou shalt not kill” offended the Mooselimbs.
If they don’t, then they got what they deserved. But they will slink into church Sunday though and proclaim that they are good people.
More hypocrisy would include military chaplains. Many talk about a complete separation of church of state in US. This is nonsense. Presidential oath: While the words “So Help Me God” are not specifically required by Article Two, Section One, Clause Eight of the Constitution the first Congress explicitly prescribed the phrase “So help me God” in oaths under the Judiciary Act of 1789 for all U.S. judges and officers other than the President. It was prescribed even earlier under the various first state constitutions as well as by the Second Continental Congress in 1776. Although the phrase is mandatory in these oaths, the said Act also allows for the option that the phrase be omitted by the officer, in which case it would be called an affirmation instead of an oath: “Which words, so help me God, shall be omitted in all cases where an affirmation is admitted instead of an oath.” In contrast, the oath of the President is the only oath specified in the Constitution. It does not include the closing phrase “So help me God”, and it also allows for the optional form of an affirmation which is not considered an oath. In practice, however, most Presidents, at least during the last century, have opted to take the oath (rather than an affirmation), to use a Bible to do so, and also to close the oath with the customary phrase. Also note the use of the word Creator (capitalized) in the Declaration of Independence and the idea that our rights are unalienable and from that Creator. Our rights are from God, not bestowed by a beneficent government that we should bow down to. Hardly a separation of church and state. No matter, the assault on the Christian religion increases apace. Not Islam mind you, but Christianity. And the whole point of the first amendment was about disestablishment. Prior to the Bill of Rights most states had established churches.
Good article.
They are on a roll, aren’t they? All the way down to hell.
So the origin of our laws is religious? Go figure.
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