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ESPN Page 2 ^ | August 26, 2003 | Gregg Easterbrook

[Jim Robinson]

Of course not. And displaying the Ten Commandments does not enforce anything either. Nor does displaying "God" on our money or on many of our government and public buildings. And neither does prayer at the beginning of congressional sessions or at a school football game or at the beginning of the school day. Nor in the pledge of allegiance. Nor does a traditional Christmas play or Christmas cards or Christmas greetings or traditional Christmas displays in our cities and towns. Yet, the ACLU and the courts are one by one depriving all of us from these rights and traditions. How long will it be before we are prohibited from writing "God bless you" in a public forum or how much longer do you think it will be legal for a President or Congressman to end a speech on the floor of the Congress with the prayer: "May God continue to bless America?" This is wrong and must be reversed.

[lugsoul]

It doesn't prohibit them from speaking out. It simply denies them the benefits of staying out of government, if they choose not to stay our of government. If they want to be involved on politics, they are subjected to the same rules as all other organizations involved in politics.

[bjs1779]

Can you quote it? Let's take a look at it.

The Liberals know what it is. Let see if they respond.

[lugsoul]

And not a single one of your examples is affected in the least by the decisions in Glassroth v. Moore. Not even the display of the Ten Commandments, where it is not accompanied by a public declaration on behalf of the state that (a) all citizens and all litigants in the court are under the sovereign governance of and derive their legal rights from the God of the Holy Scriptures and (b) the displays of any other religious sources of law are prohibited because they are inferior to the Word of God.

[Jim Robinson]

And yet we're losing at every turn. God is being systematically removed from public life. Why?

[bjs1779]

It doesn't prohibit them from speaking out. It simply denies them the benefits of staying out of government, if they choose not to stay our of government. If they want to be involved on politics, they are subjected to the same rules as all other organizations involved in politics.

It "simply denies them". Have a nice day my 1st amendment friend.

[Happy2BMe]

Has the exact law that Judge Moore supposedly violated been quoted yet?

From everything I've seen, he has broken no written law.

He is guilty of but one thing: remaining faithful to his oath to uphold the Alabama and United States Constitutions.

[aristeides]

God is being systematically removed from public life. Why?

Yes, the Judeo-Christian God is being removed from public life, but, at the same time, the city of San Jose can erect a statue of Quetzlcoatl, and the Ninth Circuit approves. Alvarado v. City of San Jose (9th Cir. 1996). Why?

[Happy2BMe]

"If this god actually existed, he/she/it could not be removed from public life by any work of man."

Does not your opinion and unbelief move as you read this through your eyes, ears, mind, and tongue?

Don't you digest this and react according to your specific belief system.

Doesn't your belief system tell you to trust what you have been learned from experience and from the experiences of those in whom you trust?

Why would you think that anyone who professes to believe in "God" not believe just as strongly in their convictions as your right in refusing to believe anything but your own self?

[Jim Robinson]

Sure.

[harpo11]

Heck, if Janet Reno had written an editorial concerning the 10 Commandments Memorial, she would have proclaimed that if she were in charge the Memorial would have been bulldozed and burned, or maybe vice versa, more in keeping with her forte.

[Happy2BMe]

Removing God as the core of the American moral fibre is no easy or trifle task.

It has been a monumental undertaking by athesits, agnostics, and "separatits" for well over one hundred years.

But to remove something from a society as large and as significant to America as "God" creates a "cause-and-effect" process that bears careful study.

For it's impact will be increasingly and incredibly significant on the future path this nation is to travel.

For example, when icons depicting or referring to the God of Judeo-Christian beliefs are forcefully withdrawn from the view of the American public at large occurs, something must fill the great vacum and void left by such occurrences.

We see these removals of symbols and icons being removed gradually, then more and more of them, then eventually down to a few of the reamining more significant holdouts.

Man must have "something" higher than himself to believe in - something to look up to for inspiration and direction.

The void being left by removing Judeo-Christian beliefs, icons, and symbols from American society and government has far, far reaching ramifications.

Most of which will not be realized until years, if not decades of change has occurred after their removal.

We are moving from a godly society into a society where man is god.

[wardaddy]

Thank you.

[6ppc]

1) I didn't say he was an sob, just a demigog. I know many conservatives who agree with me including Neal Boortz and local talk show host Richard Dixon.

2) I interpret the news, I don't passively absorb it. I was viewing the news as seriously biased against conservatives long before Fox or FR appeared on the scene.

3) My opinions are mine. You don't have to agree with me.

[sport]

O.K.

Thanks for responding.

[wardaddy]

But that is the road your allies are on. To expunge God from the public arena.

If you cannot see that then you have been asleep since the early 60s...and I know that is not the case.

Once again I am proud to see who I am allied with on this one and lament the lot you've chosen to throw in with.

and I am not butt kissing....

I had no idea where JR was on this and am quite pleased by this discovery.

[RWG]

Since, Moore said, an interpretation can be wrong, anyone may defy a judicial order which is just an interpretation.

The Church of the Liberated just announced that the 10 commandments may be defied because the former method of observation was based on a wrong interpretation.

[RWG]

Since, Moore said, an interpretation can be wrong, anyone may defy a judicial order which is just an interpretation.

The Church of the Liberated just announced that the 10 commandments may be defied because the former method of observation was based on a wrong interpretation.