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10 Commandment monuments in Idaho no big deal
Sokane Spokesman ^
| 09/01/03
| Erica Curless
Posted on 09/02/2003 10:13:03 AM PDT by bedolido
COEUR d'ALENE-- They lurk on the lawns, usually near a tree or the corner of a building.
But nobody seems to notice the Ten Commandments chiseled into granite monoliths at many county courthouses, city halls and public parks in Idaho.
And residents aren't demanding that Kootenai County, Post Falls or Hayden remove Western civilization's oldest rules for life from public property.
There are so many other things to worry about in our nation other than 10 sentences that say be nice to each other and don't cheat on your wife, Kootenai County Commissioner Gus Johnson said. It's a historical document, if nothing else.
The Ten Commandments are displayed at public buildings all over Idaho, thanks largely to efforts over the years by Eagles lodges. Most of the monuments aren't prominently displayed: Federal courts have used that as a key criteria in determining the constitutionality of such monuments. The display of the Ten Commandments, which are inextricably tied to the JewishChristian narrative, have become a firestorm in Alabama and rekindled the debate about how much religion can legally be a part of government.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: 10; commandment; idaho; monuments; tencommandments
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posted on
09/02/2003 10:13:07 AM PDT
by
bedolido
To: bedolido
For the zillionth time: ALABAMA IS NOT THE ONLY ACLU/OFFENDED CITIZEN LAWSUIT TO REMOVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FROM COURTHOUSES CASE OUT THERE.
Keep writing articles about the courthouses the ACLU hasn't filed suit against. Then the ACLU will know about them, find a convenient "offended citizen" and file against them too.
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posted on
09/02/2003 10:23:50 AM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
To: bedolido
I see the lighted cross on Table Rock driving to work every morning in Boise. IIRC there was a controversy about that.
To: cruiserman
I see the lighted Cross on Table Rock driving to work every morning in Boise. IIRC there was a controversy about that.I see the Table Rock Cross as well. Isn't that on private property? I think that's why they were able to keep it up there.
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posted on
09/02/2003 10:27:33 AM PDT
by
bedolido
(None of us is as dumb as all of us!)
To: bedolido
"I see the Table Rock Cross as well. Isn't that on private property?"Wasn't it MOVED to private property as the result of a lawsuit?
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posted on
09/02/2003 10:32:09 AM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
To: bedolido
Beware of the ACLU, Morris Dees' Southern Poverty Law Center and the turkeys from Americans United for Separation of Church and State. These are the disloyal jerks and jerkettes that started the whole 'bama issue.
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posted on
09/02/2003 10:33:51 AM PDT
by
ilsalund
To: cake_crumb
Wasn't it MOVED to private property as the result of a lawsuit?Not sure.
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posted on
09/02/2003 10:35:18 AM PDT
by
bedolido
(None of us is as dumb as all of us!)
To: ilsalund
"
These are the disloyal jerks and jerkettes that started the whole 'bama issue."
Agreed! Those same idiots should have to personally endure a court where none of the Ten are observed - but the opposite is rule, then let them cry for "justice". We'll see which they'd prefer fairly quickly....
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posted on
09/02/2003 10:48:05 AM PDT
by
azhenfud
("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
To: bedolido
...and rekindled the debate about how much religion can legally be a part of government.
How much religion can legally be a part of government? You have to shake your head at prose like this, and wonder at the naivete` of the writer. I didn't know there was a quota on religion posed by the government. Perhaps someone can educate the writer about constitutional law.
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posted on
09/02/2003 11:00:11 AM PDT
by
Noachian
(Legislation Without Representation Is Tyranny)
To: bedolido
ping
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posted on
09/02/2003 11:00:56 AM PDT
by
sasafras
(sasafras (The road to hell is paved with good intentions))
To: Noachian
"How much religion can legally be a part of government? You have to shake your head at prose like this, and wonder at the naivete` of the writer. I didn't know there was a quota on religion posed by the government. Perhaps someone can educate the writer about constitutional law."The author probably also believes that disenfranchizement of military voters is legal, while possible the disenfranchizement of an unknown theoretical number of black voters is ILlegal, and also that Democrats can glom voter intent by banging a pregnant-chad-laden ballot on their foreheads a hundred times is a valid method for counting votes to choose a president.
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posted on
09/02/2003 11:31:26 AM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
To: bedolido
It was slightly before my time, but I believe there was some controversy about how the land sale was handled. Only 1 bid, etc.
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