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To: Tribune7
It is not "pretty much" what Moore is saying. Jefferson said the rights came from our Creator and are to be GUARANTEED and PROTECTED and PRESERVED by the government. Moore just stops at the first part.
153 posted on 08/28/2003 3:46:09 PM PDT by lugsoul
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To: lugsoul
Jefferson said the rights came from our Creator and are to be GUARANTEED and PROTECTED and PRESERVED by the government. Moore just stops at the first part.

All my life I've been seeing the views of religious conservatives defamed, denounced and distorted by those who claim to speak in defense of civil liberty, such as the ACLU.

This 10 Commandments controversy is no different. While some have argued the dangers of ignoring the traditions of jurisprudence -- an argument I respect but vehemently disagree with at this point -- a disproportionate number of the arguments from the anti-memorial side have been basically attacks against the character of Judge Moore -- that he's doing this for insincere reasons, that he won't judge fairly against those who hold a different cosmoligical view etc.

There is no evidence of this. There is no record of him discriminating against a religious minority.

Now, concerning the meat of the argument, this rock inscribed with words and images is no different than anything other publically funded rock inscribed with words and images.

If we can use public money to pay for displaying a cross in a jar of urine we can allow public property to be used to display this rock with the 10 Commandments on it.

187 posted on 08/28/2003 5:54:13 PM PDT by Tribune7
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