Top Alabama judge vows Commandments fight

AP | 8/22/03 | BOB JOHNSON

[Byron_the_Aussie]

...CNN and the national media....

CNN, eh?

Maybe if we play by their rules, they'll give us a fair deal?

[Catspaw]

Judge Moore has appeared on CNN--an interview with Aaron Brown a few days ago--as well as Fox, MSNBC and other national media outfits (but, at least from one news report, he won't grant interviews to local media). If he didn't want the national coverage, why would he grant interviews and appear on TV programs of national cable news programs.

[Kevin Curry]

Idolatry - of course, what do you expect from untrained pastors

If a granite monument of the Ten Commandments is an "idol" then each copy of the Bible is an idol.

This issue is much larger than the placement of a monument in an Alabama courthouse. This is about challenging the core deathforce that permeates every part of the foul, liberal and atheist libertarian agenda that has rotted and canckered the soul of this nation over the past 70 years. You have chosen your side; we have chosen ours.

[general_re]

Nah, I'm not jealous of Roy. I may not be the next governor of Alabama, but at least I can look myself in the mirror every morning and know that what I have I came by honestly, without having to resort to the hucksterism of cloaking myself in the Word in order to achieve secular gain...

[Texas_Dawg]

...the big deal is that there's this war happening- on the Constitution, on values and on principles. Liberal maggots are prosecuting it, and men like Moore are opposing it. Here on FR, we have a handful of posters who are unable to win any respect by virtue of their posts or their activism, but can attract attention and notoriety through the slandering of those who are actually standing up for what's right. In their sick little minds, running down a man like Moore, somehow narrows the accomplishment gap between their mediocrity, and his stature.

(Sigh...)

Paul had great instructions for his friends seeking to win bonus points with God through unnecessary activism:
"1Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. 4For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience. 6This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing. 7Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. " -- Romans 13:1-7

If Paul could say that about the Roman authorities (which were a little more hostile to Christianity and the 10 Commandments, if you didn't know), then how much more does it apply to a state government that is more permissive of Christian practice than possibly any other place on Earth, now or at any time in history?

[BamaG]

why should he devote time to the workings of the court, when "God's work" calls. By all means devote all his time to a two ton statue.

Did you know that Ole Roy is the highest paid Chief Justice in the country? over 200k per year. But yet, he wants to bankrupt this state to pay his contempt fees.

[Texas_Dawg]

Judge Moore has appeared on CNN--an interview with Aaron Brown a few days ago--as well as Fox, MSNBC and other national media outfits (but, at least from one news report, he won't grant interviews to local media). If he didn't want the national coverage, why would he grant interviews and appear on TV programs of national cable news programs.

Oh, believe me, I definitely think he wants the national coverage. Big time. They just aren't going to spin this the way he, or any Christian in Alabama or elsewhere, wants them to.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..nah, I'm not jealous of Roy....

Yes, you are.

You are jealous, resentful, and spiteful, and the most cursory reading of your mean-spirited posts to this thread prove it.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..did you know that Ole Roy is the highest paid Chief Justice in the country? over 200k per year...

....this the part of the monument that's troubling you, Bama?

X. Thou shalt not covet any thing that is thy neighbour's.

[Kevin Curry]

Moore is standing in the breach and allowing the enemies of this nation to hurl abuse at him.

Unflinching and flint-chinned, he is demonstrating leadership. I hope there are enough solid Americans in Alabama to elect him Governor.

[Kevin Curry]

They just aren't going to spin this the way he, or any Christian in Alabama or elsewhere, wants them to.

Indisputable proof of the identity of the spirit that motivates them.

Indisputable proof that Moore is doing the right thing.

[Texas_Dawg]

Indisputable proof of the identity of the spirit that motivates them. Indisputable proof that Moore is doing the right thing.

I wish that was the case.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

...Paul had great instructions for his friends seeking to win bonus points with God through unnecessary activism...

"Unnecessary"???

Values are under total assault from the liberals 24/7, mate.

At just what point do you think activism will become necessary?

[Bluntpoint]

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Of course, you realize that there are all too many FReepers who would say that such a salary to a carnie like Roy Moore is not enough, considering all the "work" he is doing.

[J. L. Chamberlain]

If that's what you believe it's fine with me but I see Moore as a cheesy, self aggrandizing opportunist. He'll probably have a great future as Governor Wallace redux or a televangelist.

J

[general_re]

"Mean-spirited"? You mean like when you address a complete stranger as "bozo"? That kind of mean-spirited? ;)

It's really a shame that you and I can't peer into Roy's soul, and find out whether Roy would really choose having the Ten Commandments in the courthouse over being governor, if push came to shove and he could only have one of them.

I know someone who can, though, and I'm fairly confident that Roy Moore will find the justice he seeks someday. He may not like it, but I think he'll find it.

[BamaG]

how about bearing false witness. Like ol Royboy has done?

How about no graven images?

or lets go New Testament, how about submiting to all authority because they are put there by God? Does that apply to you and Roy or is that just for the yokels who are under Roy's jurisdiction?

[LanPB01]

I was somewhat embarrassed with my state when our governor got caught having an affair. But that was nothing compared to the circus that this clown has brought to your state. I feel sorry for you.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

...a salary to a carnie like Roy Moore....

...you guys have got a green-eyed focus, on the salary thing.

Would it be OK for him to stand on principle, if he was poor?