[Fester Chugabrew]

"Do we have a flaw in our system?"

If the issue at hand is strictly one of relgion and the First Amendment - and I don't for a moment believe it is - there is indeed a flaw in declaring that Congress shall make no law restricting the excercise of any given religion. I don't see how any civilized people can accomodate for every religion on earth without at some point discarding Natural Law. Seems like that is where we're headed.

In the case of Judge Moore's rendition of the Ten Commandments, I heartily concur with those who say he neither created nor violated any laws with respect to either the State of Alabama or The United States.

[Eastbound]

Thanks for addressing my point, Fester. I think it's a coin toss right now and the coin is still in the air. Folks who understand what is happening are choosing heads or tails on this issue based upon how they want to see it resolved. Apart from from the religious aspect, something else is at work here. Many are drawing their line in the sand -- a long-overdue backlash against federal encroachment. I'll be standing on the shore as well, hoping to see the riptide carry the federal octopus back out to sea where it belongs.

[Zack Nguyen]

...there is indeed a flaw in declaring that Congress shall make no law restricting the excercise of any given religion. I don't see how any civilized people can accomodate for every religion on earth without at some point discarding Natural Law.

Excellent point. What we have here is a perversion of the original meaning of the 1st Amendment. The secularists will not stop until every last vestige of the Christian faith is erased from public life, thus (in their mind) eliminating the accountability of God's transcendent moral code.