Thousands rally for Commandments

Montgomery Advertiser ^ | August 17, 2003 | Todd Kleffman and Jannell McGrew

[Selmo]

With the deadline for removing his Ten Commandments monument just four days away, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore enjoyed his day in the spotlight Saturday, basking in the glory shone on him by thousands of believers in his cause.

In an unscheduled appearance before a crowd hot from the rhetoric and the sun, Moore was escorted to the podium on the steps of the Capitol by two bodyguards. Donning sunglasses, he spent much of his speech reciting his own poems about America's moral slide and how God's people need to rise up and stem it.

[Roscoe]

Myron Thompson was shocked that someone dared to question his legislating from the bench.

[Humal]

"You have to be courageous enough to stand, even if you have to stand alone."

Truer words were never spoken. I applaud Judge Moore and his willingness to become the lightening rod for this. I've sent messages to him congratulating him for his stand and wishing him the best. Can't go to Alabama, but cheer him on from here.

[Brandon]

"He has taken a lot of heat behind this because no one else has had the courage to do this," Cawley said. "You have to be courageous enough to stand, even if you have to stand alone."

And even if it thrusts you into ever-higher elective office. Judge Moore pulled an essentially identical stunt a couple of years back, when he was a little-known local judge, and it propelled him to the state supreme court. I wonder what office he has his eye on this time?

[TigersEye]

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[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

He may have a higher position in mind....one up beyond the clouds where he will answer to the Ultimate Judge.

[Brandon]

He may have a higher position in mind....one up beyond the clouds where he will answer to the Ultimate Judge.

Could be. We certainly should all have that in mind.

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise you have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before ye, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily, I say unto you, they have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. (Matthew 6:1-4)

[Humal]

"And even if it thrusts you into ever-higher elective office."

I'm not sure this is wrong. We need more people in high public office that have Judge Moore's convictions, moral standing, and religious beliefs. Compare the "religious convictions" of our former president to our current, and look at what it did to this country. Look at history. Whenever a country is run by a leader with immoral convictions, the country declines. When it is run by a leader with moral convictions, the country prospers (America in its beginning is just one example).

[GrandMoM]

TEN COMMANDMENTS BUMP!!!!!!!!!

....Wish I could have been there.

[UncleDudley]

Three blocks down Dexter Avenue from the Capitol, a small group of approximately 25 atheists and others staged a quiet counter demonstration.

I attended the rally. If those guys were there, I didn't see them. They must have been really quiet. BTW, IMO, Atheists = Anarchists.

4,000 is about the right number at the rally. Most were vocal and loud. It was hard to hear the speakers at times because of all the cheering.

The Federal courts are outside their juridiction on this one. What the 11th Circuit Court is up to is nothing short of judicial tyranny.

[PistolPaknMama]

I was there too and this is the first I've known of the atheist's rally. They sure kept a low profile!

It was a wonderful day. I'm glad we made the trip!

[UncleDudley]

Well President Bush will save the day for the Ten Commandments, won't he? Bush would never think of taking down Christian symbols and plaques from government buildings. He'll put the Federal Courts in their place, won't he?

I thought I heard at the rally from one of the speakers, that Bush's re-elction may be in question if he doesn't support this issue in the right way.

[RightOnline]

""I think it shows there is not the kind of widespread support for hostile, extremist views that Falwell, Scarborough and Moore would have us believe," Conn said."

So who is it that's being "hostile" and "extreme" here, you sanctimonious little prick???

" "It's beside the point, really, because this issue will be settled in the courts, not the streets.""

Wanna bet?

[RightOnline]

A rather cynical assertion, don't you think?

[tutstar]

Joe Conn, a spokesman for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, one of the organizations that sued Moore to remove the monument, said the less-than-hoped-for crowd indicated that the rally did not appeal to a more mainstream Christian audience.

This guy really didn't think before he blabbed! Maybe it's because some of us are home raising kids and couldn't get there, it doesn't mean we aren't interested or we disagree. Feminazi, gay, liberal singles do have the flexibility to get out and the dems aren't ashamed to pay them, or foot their transportation to get them to show up for some sort of rally.

[tutstar]

Judge Moore pulled an essentially identical stunt a couple of years back

So this is a stunt? designed to get him into higher office IYO? You obviously have no idea what his purpose is.

[realpatriot]

" "It's beside the point, really, because this issue will be settled in the courts, not the streets.""

Wanna bet?

Actually, I hope he is right. I also hope he is wrong regarding his percieved outcome.

[missnry]

IMHO: Atheist is a term of convenience for the rebellious...
There is no reference anywhere in a bible of someone being an atheist.....

The closest definition to someone who believes that there "is no God" is in:
NKJ Psalm 14:1 .... The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good.

The scriptures hold true once again.
Atheist = fool according to God...

[tutstar]

How about ?
Thou shalt have no other gods before me. (even the government which tells you that you can't have a monument with this commandment engraved on it)

Act 5:29 Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Dan 3:18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

[IronJack]

Let's hope this same crowd -- and then some -- will be there when the Gestapo comes to haul the monument off. Let's hope they stop that action, then proceed to the offices of the ACLU and rearrange the furniture.

The only thing more fearsome than the tyranny of the many is the tyranny of the few.