[sinkspur]

Though I believe too, that this is a pivotal battle in the culture war, which extends to our war against Islamism, or otherwise colloquially known as the "War on Terror".

If Moore gets to put the 10 Commandments in the prominent place in which he's placed it, then a Muslim Chief Justice gets to replace it with the Koran, if he so chooses.

You bet it's pivotal. I want the 10 Commandment rock removed just so I won't have to look at a Koran rock 20 years from now.

[Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS]

Two major Rabbinical organizations, representing over 1000 Orthodox Rabbis, today declared their support for Alabama Chief Judge Roy Moore in his battle to keep the Ten Commandments on display in the Supreme Court building in Montgomery, Alabama.

Lawyer groups, led by the ACLU, have demanded that Judge Moore remove the display, citing church-state concerns; and Federal Judge Myron Thompson has given Judge Moore a deadline of August 20 to remove the display. But Judge Moore is refusing to be intimidated.

Rabbi Hirsch Ginsberg of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis said: "The Ten Commandments are the basis of civilized society and the rule of law. It is no accident that legal testimony begins with swearing to tell the whole truth, while holding a Bible. Here, in New York City, many courtrooms have a plaque on the wall, right above the judge's head, proclaiming 'In G-D we trust'."

Rabbi Abraham Hecht of the Rabbinical Alliance added: "It's no surprise that the ACLU, a radical left-wing organization of ambulance-chasing rip-off artists, should object to the Ten Commandments. The Biblical injunctions against lying, stealing, and adultery must make them feel terribly uncomfortable."

Rabbi Yehuda Levin who is representing the two Rabbinical groups in Montgomery, Alabama this week, commented on a nasty New York Times editorial that referred to Judge Moore as a demagogue: "This is the worst kind of savage yellow journalism. The New York Times has lately been rocked by scandals, in which it has been revealed that senior reporters and editorial staff have knowingly fabricated stories and distorted the news. They have some nerve criticizing a moral, intelligent, and courageous man like Chief Judge Moore."

Rabbi Levin will hold a press conference on the steps of the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery on
Friday, August 15, 2003, at 10:00 a.m.

After the press conference, Rabbi Levin is to meet with Chief Judge Moore to make a presentation to him on behalf of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis and the Rabbinical Alliance.

 

 

[onedoug]

"...so I won't have to look at a Koran rock 20 years from now.

I believe that's exactly what you'll have to look at if we fail as fast as the only Judeo-Christian country in the world is even by this, being stripped away, bit by bit.

[MarthaNOStewart]

IF YOU UNDERSTOOD THE BASIS OF THE CRIMINAL LAW IN AMERICA YOU WOULD KNOW JUSTICE MOORE IS RIGHT! Common Law from England was basis of our first laws handed down from Duke of York in form of such documents as "Original Criminal Code of 1676", those laws were established by judges in England who used scripture from Ten Commandments. The colonists in Pennsylvania were ordered to use those laws. This is HISTORICAL FACT, and should never be removed from us. The most commonly used criminal justice textbook (CRIMINAL JUSTICE, SEVENTH EDITION BY JAMES A. INCIARDI) ON PAGE 43 teaches the history of COMMON LAW. To remove this from courthouses and textbooks is same as erasing Leanardo Di Vinci from the Mona Lisa...and perpetuating a LIE...Don't let them do it! This not about seperation of Church and State, it is about rewriting history!

[tortoise]

You bet it's pivotal. I want the 10 Commandment rock removed just so I won't have to look at a Koran rock 20 years from now.

You are correct, of course. But never underestimate the human ability to make venal short-term decisions without due regard for the long-term consequences.