[general_re]

I hate to jump in here but cant help it.

Believe me, I know exactly how you feel ;)

Christains are being forced to accept things THEY dont believe, among them homosexuality and abortion. But we want to have the Ten Commandments posted in rememberance of how our laws were founded, and everyone throws a titty-baby fit!

Roy Moore can have the Ten Commandments tattooed on his forehead if he likes. He can put up billboards all over the country if he wishes. He can have millions of copies printed up and hand them out to every man, woman, and child in the state of Alabama if it interests him. The only thing the Constitution says he cannot do is use his office to promote them to the exclusion of other faiths.

This is not, to put it mildly, a seriously oppressive condition placed on him. Personally, I think he should be able to put the Commandments in the courthouse if he wants - where he went wrong was when he decided that he couldn't promote his beliefs without stacking the deck in his favor, and made sure that only the Commandments were displayed on property that rightfully belongs to all the citizens of Alabama, and not to Roy Moore.

[Liberty Wins]

"The only thing the Constitution says he cannot do is use his office to promote them to the exclusion of other faiths."

Ahem. Does the Constitution really say "Justices" in the first amendment? I thought it referred to CONGRESS.

[Roughneck]

The only thing the Constitution says he cannot do is use his office to promote them to the exclusion of other faiths.


OK Then, tell me this. If the problem is with the Judge, not the commandments, why should the commandments be removed?

[WOSG]

"The only thing the Constitution says he cannot do is use his office to promote them to the exclusion of other faiths. "

The Constitution doesnt say that. Which text are you referring to?