[SLB]

Joshua 24:15 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

[goldstategop]

We must help Chief Justice Roy Moore stand fast against the ACLU theophobes and the anti-constitutional heathens who abet it and sit on the 11th Circuit Court.

[Mr. Bird]

the First Amendment reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof." As Moore has pointed out: He is not Congress, and no law has been passed

That, to me, is impenetrable logic. Unfortunately, logic is not an abundant trait in the SCOTUS.

[Semper Paratus]

Constitutionaly Congress can moot the crisis by restricting federal court jurisdiction in this issue.

[Cachelot]

Joshua 24:15 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve

The State has already chosen who it will serve and is promoting it here:

Religion

[LiteKeeper]

SPOTREP

[Joe Brower]

"One man with courage makes a majority." -- Andrew Jackson

[squidly]

Much ado about nothing. It's a shame that both sides of this issue can't exert their energies more towards issues that actually matter. This is a window dressing issue, one that doesn't do much of anything to change anything about anything.

With that out of the way, I'm always ready to back a state government in a state vs. fed showdown, even moreso this time since I'm an Alabama native.

[Sloth]

I support Moore, but some of this is just silly.

But he will not obey this order. To do so would be (a) to violate his oath of office to the Alabama Constitution which specifically declares the state laws to be under God;

False, unless the Constitution *requires* the placement of a monument declaring that truth.

(b) to grant jurisdiction to a federal court which is acting beyond the scope of its lawful jurisdiction; (c) to ratify an unlawful and usurpatious application of the First Amendment;

I'll go along with those.

and most importantly (d) to concede that the God of Scripture is not supreme over the laws of the United States.

False. Go nowhere requires public display of such monuments. The presence or absence of a man-made monument does not change God or His relationship to man, nor does it imply anything about that relationship.

[jimt]

So it's cool if a Satanist judge puts up a monument glorifying Satan? Or if a Hindu judge puts up wall hangings glorifying Shiva, the destroyer?

I think Judge Moore is a nut and his expensive piece of statuary inappropriately placed. The first four commandments are explicitly religious in nature and have nothing to do with law, unless we're going to jail people for working on Sunday, or for using the Lord's name in vain.

[jethropalerobber]

...but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

"render unto caesar that which is caesar's"