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To: alloysteel
>>The Ten Commandments constitute a code of law. Most diligent scholars of law can find every one of the commandments buried somewhere in the law codes adopted everywhere in Western societies, particularly in the United States and in every state of the Union<<

This is precisely why we don't need them posted up - the ones that are in law (kill/steal) have been in many other societies, religious and non religious, and can pretty much be agreed upon by all (ignoring their rather simplistic nature). The others (no other gods, no craven images) are pretty much scaremongering, and have no use to non-christians.

As an aside, do you really think that these simplistic rules will affect the crime rate, and instill 'morality'??

21 posted on 09/06/2001 9:37:29 AM PDT by Ice-D
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To: Ice-D, Cernunnos
All of your comments give reasons why we should not be allowed our rights. Any radical, blasphemous depiction of Christ is allowed - why? Free speech. Why is free speech only for those that tear down religion and never for those that support religion?

Why are politically correct statements required which are against free speech? Yet any religious views or comments are chastised and belittled with comments such as yours?

We are not idiots - we see what your contorted arguments are meant to do - to persuade us that our views can stand without protection, that our views infringe on others so are not to be considered as equal, our views are to be kept in the closet or appropriate places so as not to have any power or influence over others.

The world you are working toward is not here yet. We have the right of free speech, we have the right to promote any petition or any governmental action we want. The ACLU is not Lord of this land.

26 posted on 09/06/2001 9:52:23 AM PDT by ClancyJ
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To: Ice-D
As an aside, do you really think that these simplistic rules will affect the crime rate, and instill 'morality'??

That is not our purpose. They may or may not. Our purpose is to have free speech as others do, we are offended at any number of spoken thoughts on TV - do we get the ACLU to proclaim our rights?

Why are you so afraid of a Ten Commandments Petition? Why are you so afraid of religion - you have the choice to ignore as we have the choice to ignore that which offends us. We do so every day.

27 posted on 09/06/2001 9:55:23 AM PDT by ClancyJ
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To: Ice-D
The others (no other gods, no craven images)

It's against the Ten Commandments to erect a statue of Trent Lott?

33 posted on 09/06/2001 10:24:27 AM PDT by steve-b
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