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Movers Haul Away Ten Commandments in Montgomery
FOXNews.com ^ | Wednesday, August 27, 2003

Posted on 08/27/2003 8:59:09 AM PDT by NWO Slave

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A chorus of demonstrators joined an irate man in screaming "Put it back!" Wednesday morning after a monument of the Ten Commandments was wheeled away from the rotunda of the Alabama Judicial Building.

"Get your hands off our God, God haters!" yelled the wildly gesturing, red-faced man who initiated the chanting.

Workers used a dolly to move the 5,280-pound granite marker from the rotunda to another, undisclosed place in the courthouse building.

Meanwhile, a Wednesday afternoon hearing to consider a lawsuit to keep the monument in the rotunda was canceled.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Mobile on behalf of a Christian radio talk show host and a pastor, says forced removal of the monument would violate the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion.

Christian Defense Coalition Director Patrick Mahoney told the crowd of demonstrators that he wasn't told where the monument had been taken.

Because of its size and weight, the marker was presumably moved to another location on the ground floor of the building.

Mahoney said the monument would not be covered, and that he would be allowed inside to see it once it was moved. Mahoney said he was informed of the plans by building manager Graham George.

Mahoney didn't know whether the monument's new location would be accessible to the public.

The federal court had said the monument could be in a private place in the building but not in the highly visible spot in the rotunda directly across from the building's entrance.

Protest organizers asked the crowd outside not to rush the building or do anything else except pray. Some people seemed to be listening, with dozens kneeling, bowing or lying face-down in prayer in front of the judicial building and on the steps before and after the monument's removal.

The marker was wheeled away in a matter of minutes.

A federal judge in Montgomery ruled last year that the monument, which Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore (search) installed two years ago, violates the Constitution's ban on government promotion of religion and ordered its removal by Aug. 20. The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to hear Moore's appeal.

But Moore refused to comply. Eight associate justices voted Aug. 21 to remove the monument, and Moore was suspended the next day.

Attorney General Bill Pryor, defending the associate justices, filed a motion Tuesday afternoon to dismiss the latest lawsuit, saying the Mobile court lacks jurisdiction and the complaint lacks merit.

About 150 monument supporters marched on Pryor's office Tuesday, demanding he resign for supporting the associate justices' decision. Seven representatives were allowed inside to meet with Pryor's chief deputy for about 20 minutes. The rest remained outside, chanting, "Resign now! Resign now!"

Gatherings of pro-monument demonstrators outside the judicial building have grown each day in the past week to at times number in the hundreds.

People seeking removal of the monument from its public site had said they were grateful that it was finally being moved, a week after the deadline set by a federal judge.

"This is a tremendous victory for the rule of law and respect for religious diversity," the Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said before the monument was rolled out of the rotunda. "Perhaps Roy Moore will soon leave the bench and move into the pulpit, which he seems better suited for."

Lynne's organization was among groups suing to remove Moore's monument, which he installed without telling the other eight Supreme Court justices.

Demonstrators promised to keep up their protests of the removal.

"If it takes 75 years to reclaim this land for righteousness, God find us and our children and our children's children ready," said the Rev. Rob Schenck, president of the national clergy council.

Affirmative Action Judge Opposing Judge Roy Moore


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: noothergods; purge; shallyouhave; tencommandments
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To: Blood of Tyrants
"This war is a spiritual war and we don't see the things that are going on in the spiritual realm. "

Thank you for telling the truth as it has been so overlooked here by many.

501 posted on 08/27/2003 7:32:33 PM PDT by PleaseNoMore
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To: jwalsh07
Your post 488 is garbage. Washington was a Christian who prayed to a divine God. Not a deist, not an agnostic, not an atheist, a Christian.

Really? Please show me where he declared himself to be.

502 posted on 08/27/2003 7:35:37 PM PDT by RoughDobermann (Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
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To: Byron_the_Aussie
George Washington, the first president of the United States, never declared himself a Christian

Sorry, but he didn't. Provide some evidence to the contrary and I'll listen.

503 posted on 08/27/2003 7:38:23 PM PDT by RoughDobermann (Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
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To: Byron_the_Aussie
Hah! Yep, here's the old atheist himself, just before Valley Forge

Please clue me in. Did I say he was an atheist? And, by the way, are you suggesting that that picture proves he was a Christian?

504 posted on 08/27/2003 7:47:15 PM PDT by RoughDobermann (Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
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To: RoughDobermann
Was George Washington a Christian?

Well, he was an Episcopalian, according to this article.<p

505 posted on 08/27/2003 7:49:30 PM PDT by keats5
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To: f.Christian
f? What are you babbling about?
506 posted on 08/27/2003 7:51:19 PM PDT by Lord_Baltar
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To: keats5
Well, he was an Episcopalian, according to this article

Yes, the article makes a claim that he was; he, however, never did.

507 posted on 08/27/2003 7:54:11 PM PDT by RoughDobermann (Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
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To: JoeSchem
With all the problems of the world a stone tablet scribed with the basics of common sense is a threat over everything else. Back in the day where these was posted most everywhere children were safe in their yards, prisons were far and few in between, you could write a check with a counter draft, women seldom worried about rape and a handshake was as good as a written contract. We're running head long into oblivion and the intelligentsia says that is progress.
508 posted on 08/27/2003 7:54:14 PM PDT by oyez
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To: Lord_Baltar
Zombies can't read 3yroldese ... anything with reality is --- incomprehensible to them !
509 posted on 08/27/2003 7:54:26 PM PDT by f.Christian (evolution vs intelligent design ... science3000 ... designeduniverse.com --- * architecture * !)
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To: f.Christian
Oh, you really stung me good with that...

The Pain, oh, the pain...



510 posted on 08/27/2003 7:58:01 PM PDT by Lord_Baltar
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To: RoughDobermann
..and, by the way, are you suggesting that that picture proves he was a Christian?...

LOL!

No, mate. He was looking for some loose change.

Don't worry, Roughie. As long as you don't acknowledge you're an idiot, no-one else will believe it either. :)

511 posted on 08/27/2003 8:00:20 PM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/popup2.html)
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To: Lord_Baltar
The govt is functioning under herd instinct now ... cattle pens --- packing house !

Feed lot education too !
512 posted on 08/27/2003 8:02:39 PM PDT by f.Christian (evolution vs intelligent design ... science3000 ... designeduniverse.com --- * architecture * !)
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To: Byron_the_Aussie
No, mate. He was looking for some loose change.

Sorry. I should have assumed that you knew that deists pray in such a manner. Please forgive my presumption. I won't do it again.

Don't worry, Roughie. As long as you don't acknowledge you're an idiot, no-one else will believe it either. :)

Considering your apparent lack of knowledge on the subject matter, I hardly think your opinions are worth a bucket of warm spit.

513 posted on 08/27/2003 8:03:38 PM PDT by RoughDobermann (Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
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To: Byron_the_Aussie
Oh, BTW, I'm still waiting for you to provide some evidence that Washington ever claimed he was a Christian. Please do so at your own convenience. Perhaps you could quote something that he said in one of those biographies you suggested I read? That would be peachy, thanks.
514 posted on 08/27/2003 8:05:26 PM PDT by RoughDobermann (Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
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To: keats5
..well, he was an Episcopalian, according to this article...

Ol' Roughie needs more proof than that.

An autographed picture of Washington, with 'I am a Christian!" tattooed across the forehead, might just suffice. :)

515 posted on 08/27/2003 8:05:43 PM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/popup2.html)
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To: Byron_the_Aussie
An autographed picture of Washington, with 'I am a Christian!" tattooed across the forehead, might just suffice. :)

That would be great. But, I'll take something written in his own hand, too. He was a prolific writer, as I'm sure you know.

516 posted on 08/27/2003 8:07:24 PM PDT by RoughDobermann (Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
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To: RoughDobermann
..oh, BTW, I'm still waiting for you to provide some evidence...

What are the negative consequences of unresolved denial? Unresolved denial can result in: Delusional thinking, leading to a feeling that everything is OK, even when it is not. Greater conflict between the deniers and the non-deniers. Fantasy or magical thinking, allowing distorted thinking to become a habit. Poor problem-solving and decision-making abilities for the denier.

517 posted on 08/27/2003 8:08:24 PM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/popup2.html)
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To: Byron_the_Aussie
Fascinating link. But, it has nothing to do with Washington, now does it? Still patiently waiting... You made the assertion; back it up with facts.
518 posted on 08/27/2003 8:10:17 PM PDT by RoughDobermann (Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
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To: Byron_the_Aussie
.."get your hands off our God, God haters!" yelled the wildly gesturing, red-faced man who initiated the chanting..."

...what a classic piece of biased reporting. And won't the Moore-haters here lap it up?

There is nothing biased about it. This guy was going to give himself a stroke. People were trying to calm him down but he was running all over the place screaming about his God Rock. He needed to be taken away for observation.

519 posted on 08/27/2003 8:11:56 PM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (Thank you, McClintock supporters, for all your nasty and insulting emails.)
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To: RoughDobermann
Is the pope catholic ... dumb question ?
520 posted on 08/27/2003 8:26:04 PM PDT by f.Christian (evolution vs intelligent design ... science3000 ... designeduniverse.com --- * architecture * !)
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