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To: Southack
No, the state can't pass a law respecting one establishment of religion over another.

Many people, including me, believe that having a single religous symbol in a Supreme Court building, to the exclusion of other symbols is creating the impression of establishment - which I believe is itself prohibited by the Constitution. I would not feel like I was in a neutral courtroom if there we a giant Quoran, or Torah, or 10 Commandments I passed on the way in. And yes, it is quite a different impression when there is a multitude of symbols/religions represented. It is the issue of having a single viewpoint that is the nexus to establishment.

69 posted on 08/20/2003 9:45:18 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
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To: TheOtherOne
"Many people, including me, believe that having a single religous symbol in a Supreme Court building, to the exclusion of other symbols is creating the impression of establishment - which I believe is itself prohibited by the Constitution."

Did you review Post #53, and do you claim that the Supreme Court was violating the Constitution in 1790 by displaying only a quote from Leviticus?

80 posted on 08/20/2003 9:57:23 PM PDT by Southack (Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: TheOtherOne
Many people, including me, believe that having a single religous symbol in a Supreme Court building, to the exclusion of other symbols is creating the impression of establishment

An impression of an establishment is not an establishment. It's not an establishment of a religion just because of how you feel about it. This is the same mistake the left always makes, they don't understand the difference between persuasion and coercion.

It's not a law, it's a monument. The federal court isn't demanding that an unconstitutional law be overturned, they are demanding that a government official cease expressing his religious beliefs, which is forbidden by the other clause in the first amendment (you know the one).

116 posted on 08/21/2003 12:38:52 AM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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