Justice Moore Installs Oath of Office Monument

Scrappleface ^ | 9.22.03

[Cathryn Crawford]

Justice Moore Installs Oath of Office Monument

(2003-08-22) -- Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore today ordered the installation of another stone monument in the rotunda of the state judicial building.

The move comes as Justice Moore continues to defy a federal judge's order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the building.

The new monument is a simple stone block engraved on top with the words of the Alabama state oath of office which Justice Moore and other state officials have sworn to uphold.

Here is the text of the oath: "I solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of Alabama, so long as I continue a citizen thereof; and that I will faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, to the best of my ability. So help me God."

The front of the monument bears these words from the preamble to the Alabama Constitution: "We, the people of the State of Alabama, in order to establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution and form of government for the State of Alabama"

One side of the monument contains a phrase from the U.S. Declaration of Independence: "...with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."

The other side of the stone displays part of the text of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."

[Cathryn Crawford]

Although all good satire has a grain of truth, this satire is used to make a point - and make it, it does.

[gcruse]

If I hadn't read your post, I would have gone away believing it was true. This guy personifies stick-it-in-your-face. :)

[Sparta]

Why doesn't the anti-God brigade just give it up? They're not going to stop Americans from going to church, take in God we trust off our currency, and impose the ubersecular society they want.

[tet68]

I sure was hoping it was true, ya got to keep the tables turning so they can't get a grip.

They know this is a losing deal and they all just want it to quietly go away. It won't.

It's what he should do.

[Cathryn Crawford]

Ping...

[tet68]

Oh congrats on your columns they are quite good, keep it up.

[Scenic Sounds]

I don't get it. What does it all mean? ;-)

[Kevin Curry]

If I hadn't read your post, I would have gone away believing it was true. This guy personifies stick-it-in-your-face

gcruse: "These heayah Christ'ans be gettin' mighty uppity, . . ."

[narses]

Ping.

[gcruse]

The 'monument' will be gone in a week. But Stone Mountain is forever!!!

[Sloth]

Has anybody got that pic of the Ten Commandments monument & the Buddhist statues destroyed by the Taliban side by side?

[Saundra Duffy]

Alan Keyes was great on Hannity & Colmes tonight. Michael Savage is going gangbusters about this, too. Judge Roy Moore is a great man.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Damn! I read the whole thing cheering him on! I am sad this was only a goof.

[tpaine]

Why doesn't the anti-God brigade just give it up? They're not going to stop Americans from going to church, take in God we trust off our currency, and impose the ubersecular society they want.
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Ok.
--- There is no "anti-God brigade" They're not going to stop Americans from going to church, take in God we trust off our currency, or try to impose the ubersecular society you imagine they want.

[RoughDobermann]

They're not going to stop Americans from going to church, take in God we trust off our currency, and impose the ubersecular society they want.

Ummm, I haven't seen anything to convince me that this is what "they" are trying to do... What I've seen is a public, government official using his position to promote his own beliefs regarding his faith.

[Tom Jefferson]

I want the ten commandments to stay in the Alabama courthouse. In fact, I would like to see the 10 commandments in every courhouse and city hall in the country.

However.....this is a land of the rule of law. The highest court that will hear this matter has decided. Judge Moore, as reprehensible as the decision is, has to abide by the law and remove the monument.

We can admire his passion, his courage and his determination, but, he is failing to uphold the law. If everyone did that we would have chaos and anarchy.

Just my thoughts...

Tom

[Scenic Sounds]

I've been looking for the Kobe thread. I'm in the wrong place, aren't I?

[1_Of_We]

What I've seen is a public, government official using his position to promote his own beliefs regarding his faith.

And apparently the belief of the State of Alabama (per the Alabama State Constitution), etc.

[strela]

They're not going to stop Americans from going to church

Ban the National Football League.

take in God we trust off our currency

Ban Visa and MasterCard.

impose the ubersecular society they want

Since 1944, the Gallup Poll has asked Americans every year if they believe in God or a universal spirit. No fewer than 94 percent of Americans have replied in the affirmative each time the question has been asked. If fewer than 6 percent of our population can "impose an ubersecular society" upon the rest of us, then we've really been asleep at the switch.