[quidnunc]

Jim Robinson wrote: … if the people of Alabama elect a Hindu judge and that judge puts up the Hindu equivalent of the Commandments, then I'd fight for his right to keep it up vs the Federal Court's unconstitutional efforts to tear it down.

And what if the Chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court converts to Islam and states that his conscience dictates a munument to the Koran and furthermore he intends to render his opinions in accordance with Sharia law?

What then, huh?

[Badray]

"What then, huh?"

You must be running out of arguments when you start resorting to ridiculous strawmen. You know the influence of Judeo-Christian principles in our founding and our law. For you to claim otherwise or to claim that some other principles, if contrary to our own system, should have equal standing is ludicrous.

[tpaine]

What then, huh?
-quid-




I suspect its because the cause of the moment is furthered by a draconian interpretation. [of the 1st]
If California passed a law prohibiting Christians from speaking on city sidewalks, you'd be hearing a different story. Just a guess.

54 -atlaw-

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Got this amusing reply from 'atlaw' on the thread linked above, to a similar question I had asked.

He put the Moore issue in its perspective.
Much of the uproar is about who's ox is being gored.

[Jim Robinson]

Whatever. If the people of Alabama want to elect and re-elect an Islamic judge, well, that's up to them.