[boris]

Editor
Los Angeles Times

Sir:

I am not a particularly big fan of placing the Ten Commandments in front of courthouses. However, I have read the Constitution and I can read English.

The Constitution and Bill of Rights make no mention whatsoever of "separation of church and state" or "religion and politics".

The First Amendment says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

In other words it is a stricture against the federal Congress making laws. It does not say anything about states, judges, or courthouses.

This bears repeating, so that even Mary Zeiss Stange can understand it. In plain English, there is no part of the Constitution prohibiting the display of ANY religious artifact ANYWHERE.

Again: mstange@skidmore.edu

--Boris

[Big Mack]

I have also read the constitution and bill of rights. I also read english and I can find nowhere in these documents a right not to be offended. If these fifteen or twenty people that are always so offended could just put some ice on it or go to Hell, the rest of us (250 million) could get on with our lives.

[LiteKeeper]

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[davidosborne]

Those of us who SUPPORT Judge Moore are not "defying" the law... I would argue that we are UPHOLDING the law........ Judge Moore does not deny the Federal Judge's Authority to HAVE the monument removed..... the question is whether the Federal Judge can ORDER Judge Moore to VIOLATE his oath of office.... If the Feds want to hire someone to remove the monument than so be it.... any business concerned about their future ecconmic success would not take that contract either..... see this thread....

“In the Supreme Court We Trust?”

FReegards,

David C. Osborne