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To: HurkinMcGurkin
He has a right to free speech (the monument). It was removed last I heard.
81 posted on 08/28/2003 1:50:15 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: AppyPappy
He has a right to free speech (the monument). It was removed last I heard.

That still has no relevance to my comment. The poster I replied to said Moore's monument had been singled out. I agree, in a different way. Moore singled it out when he had it made and placed it in the court house, thus creating this mess. The SCOTUS never singled out the display of the TC in their building. Moore did by placing it their and refusing to allow anything else. He started it. The law ended it.

85 posted on 08/28/2003 1:54:21 PM PDT by HurkinMcGurkin
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To: AppyPappy
His free speech rights appear in the same amendment as the prohibition on establishment.

If his free speech rights trump the establishment clause, then the establishment clause is meaningless.

The fact is, he can do anything he wants when he isn't on duty and wearing the mantle of office - once he is on duty, however, his speech rights are subordinate to the establishment clause.

87 posted on 08/28/2003 1:55:34 PM PDT by Chancellor Palpatine ("What if the Hokey Pokey is really what its all about?" - Jean Paul Sartre)
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