Posted on 08/28/2003 12:49:27 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Somehow it doesn't seem fair that Judge Roy Moore should have the entire Ten Commandments spotlight to himself. There are, after all, three judges and three plaintiffs who think that God should be removed from public life in America. They've now seen fit to make their private thoughts the law of the land. Let's take a look at them. And as Dr. James Dobson has called for Christians to go to Montgomery, these unelected oligarchs may soon find themselves exposed to the same light of day Judge Moore has been.
Judge Myron Thompson, the original district-court judge, has in the past distinguished himself as a friend of same-sex sodomy on Alabama college campuses; as a supporter of incompetents whose test results would have barred them from becoming teachers, except that his court orders intervened; and has disregarded the equal-protection clause of the Constitution by his demands for aggressive hiring quotas for blacks in faculty, administrative and supervisory positions within institutions of academia.
Judge Thompson's original order was upheld by a 2-1 ruling in the 11th Circuit Appeals Court. While everyone has an opinion about it, I'm one of the few who has actually read the decision. Let me save you the trouble. The decision is pure fantasy by activist "jurists" with the words "my leftist agenda" stamped squarely in the center of their foreheads. Try as they might, they never make it to first base, which is "standing." Without "standing," there is no beef, and the lawsuit cannot go forward. Nevertheless, two federal appeals-court judges and one district-court judge would actually have us believe that a Jewish lawyer was psychologically injured by exposure to the Ten Commandments.
He-lloooo! Did any of you ever hear of Moses? Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus? The Egyptians? Mount Sinai? The Ten Commandments? The Old Testament? Obviously their law-school education was a trifle lacking. Yet this is the kind of legal talent that passes for federal jurists today. Yes, we should be eternally grateful to the obstructionists in the Senate who have saved us from Robert Bork and others, and have given us the likes of Judge Myron Thompson and his appeals-court cheerleaders. Maybe – with remedial education and an ethics course – this trio could eventually be found qualified to judge a beauty contest. Then, at least, everyone could see the evidence of their folly.
Now we move on to the aggrieved parties. The plaintiffs in this case are all practicing attorneys in Alabama: Stephen R. Glassroth, Beverly J. Howard and Melinda Maddox. You can find Mr. Glassroth listed on the NORML website, which is "working to reform marijuana laws." You can contact Mr. Glassroth and ask him what he's been smoking that would cause him as a Jew to be offended by the Ten Commandments.
Stephen R. Glassroth
Fax: 334-263-9940
Phone: 334-263-9900
srg@glassrothlaw.com
The Glassroth Law Firm, P.C.,
615 S. McDonough St.; Montgomery, AL 36101
You can find Beverly J. Howard quoted on the death penalty at a website called The Death House, where she took some time out from being offended by the Ten Commandments to badmouth Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor for setting an execution date for one of her clients. Ms. Howard's only contact comes from the Yellow Pages, where she is listed just down the street from Mr. Glassroth:
Beverly J. Howard
Phone: 334-269-6964
640 S. McDonough St.; Montgomery, AL 36104
Melinda Maddox is an environmental attorney with Wildlaw.com. Contact information only appears if you'd like to make a donation, but perhaps they could take a message if you'd like to learn how an environmental attorney, who spends her days hugging trees, could be angry at God for the Ten Commandments. After all, doesn't "thou shalt not kill" apply to trees? Ms. Maddox can be reached at:
WildLaw
8116 Old Federal Road, Suite C
Montgomery, AL 36117
Phone: 334-396-4729
Fax: 334-396-9076
WildLaw doesn't list an e-mail address, but you can contact the organization's founder and domain's administrator, Ray Vaughan, at wildlaw@aol.com. Perhaps he can forward e-mail to Ms. Maddox. WildLaw represents itself as a 501(c)(3) charity, although it only posts the first page of its IRS Form 990 on its website. Conveniently, this fails to explain how WildLaw actually spends its money. Given the number of lawyers on staff and their income, they wouldn't seem to have time for much besides environmental lawsuits. Perhaps they believe they are doing God's work in preventing the forests from being thinned, so they will burn better?
Judge Myron Thompson, who wrote the original Ten Commandments decision, may be willing to elaborate on how a Jew can be psychologically injured by viewing the Ten Commandments. I'm sure any explanation would be entertaining. He can be reached at the federal courthouse at 334-954-3650.
I think it's time we, as a nation, admit it is a disgrace to have people of this level of intellectual integrity and legal incompetence sit on the federal bench. Congress needs to begin impeachment efforts immediately. Federal judges do not sit for lifetime appointments -- they sit during "good behavior." Legislating from the bench, putting case law above the Constitution, giving standing to those clearly without standing, and trashing our nation's foundation and heritage are not something "we the people" can permit and still continue to live in a free society. These decisions must be overruled, and these judges must be removed.
Finally, it must be noted that if there were any Christian churches or Jewish synagogues worthy of the name in Montgomery, Ala., there would already be daily vigils outside of the courthouses and offices of the judges and plaintiffs where they would be exposed to placards, each emblazoned with one of the Ten Commandments, held high by Christians and Jews. Candlelight vigils would take place on the streets outside of their homes. I pray that Dr. Dobson's call will bear much fruit, that Congress will take notice, and that through their obedience we may begin to rid ourselves of these legal misfits who think they are God.
In the corner on my right we have:
Judge Roy Moore, the Vietnam vet, Christian, and Alabaman Chief Justice;
Joseph Farah, the renowned columnist from World Net Daily;
head Rabbi, Rabbi Levin;
and a bunch of Christian Freepers who believe in the Constitution.
And in the corner on my left, we have:
Stephen Glassroth, from NORML;
Beverly Howard, who opposes the death penalty;
Melinda Maddox, a greenie lawyer;
the ACLU, militant gay activists, and a handful of contrary-for-its-own-sake Freepers, who have destroyed their reputations over this.
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I've never been gladder to be on Roy Moore's team.
to protect state and individual rights from a national govt - religion ---
that WALL has been breeched - demolished by liberals - EVOLUTIONIST !
"The real object of the [First] [A]mendment was not to countenance, much less to advance, Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects, and to prevent any ... national ecclesiastical establishment --- which should give to a hierarchy the exclusive patronage * * of the national government. It thus cut off the means of religious persecution (the vice and pest of former ages), and of the subversion of the rights of conscience in matters of religion, which had been trampled upon almost from the days of the Apostles to the present age. . . ." (Footnotes omitted.)
Check out the link above !
Old wall constitutionalist ... keep govt out ---
new wall constitutionalist (( sharia )) --- keep God - truth - science out !
... * * ... guess who --- rag heads - liberals !
...and I understand the core insecurity that drives your conviction, that no collectively held viewpoint -especially not one held by white Christian southerners- could possibly have worth, in comparison with one of your own.
To address your other points: no Founder would have any truck with your stance on this one. That is absurd, notwithstanding your torrent of selective and misrepresentative Madison quotes. And I have never had yours (or anyone else's) posts pulled by a moderator. Never yet hit the abuse button. Cheers, By
Playing the race card Byron?
Once again, your need to lie to support your point always leads to your own defeat. I've never commented on race, or regional location impacting the issue.
This coutry was founded on individual rights Byron, not collectivism.
"...no Founder would have any truck with your stance on this one."
Once again, nothing but your own imagination at work here, I've shown you sufficient proof that at least some Founders (including the one who actually wrote the First Amendment) believed that our Constitution supported the idea of separation of Church and State, of course, you had those posts pulled and replaced them with nothing but your instructions on how I should think.
The last time you raised that red herring, I posted Madison's words in their entirety, and you immediately had the post pulled. I guess in your thinking, they were elitists as well as they swam against the current, and a population that largely opposed the uprising against Good King George.
This from a supporter of the First Amendment?
I have to go to work now tovarich, see you later.
Stephen Glassroth, from NORML; Beverly Howard, who opposes the death penalty; Melinda Maddox, a greenie lawyer; the ACLU, militant gay activists, and a handful of contrary-for-its-own-sake Freepers, who have destroyed their reputations over this."
Then again, there were those never cared about their "reputations" to begin with, but others who were either blinded by the light OR hatred of Judge Moore "types."
Only the Devil himself conspicuously is missing from the "left's" roster of rabid supporters for the so-called "wall of separation between religion and state" -- we can assume he's there even if he hasn't officially signed on ;-)
you are in GREAT company!"
By the content of nearly ALL of your posts, we can only assume the "company" you've been keeping has been those who involuntarily reside at top floors of this nations most secure sanitariums...
Say "hi" to both Sybil and Hinckley for us.
You people crack me up...
Byron "gets" the essense of "American" to the degree that you and your brethren here at FR and over at the DNC, ACLU, and People For The American Way, are CLUELESS to what "American" means...Yes, they are YOUR brethren, RINO. Or is it AINO?
We who do understand your ilk realize ANY patriotism you convey is merely pledged to subverted fascist statism, and One Worldism -- and not to THE American ideal.
Again, give our regards to Hinckley...
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