Posted on 12/21/2005 1:12:17 PM PST by AFA-Michigan
Values group hails unanimous decision Tuesday
CINCINNATI -- In an astounding return to judicial interpretation of the actual text of the United States Constitution, a unanimous panel of the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Tuesday issued an historic decision declaring that "the First Amendment does not demand a wall of separation between church and state."
In upholding a Kentucky county's right to display the Ten Commandments, the panel called the American Civil Liberties Union's repeated claims to the contrary "extra-constitutional" and "tiresome."
See Cincinnat Enquirer at: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051221/NEWS01/512210356/1056
See U.S. Court of Appeals decision, page 13: http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/05a0477p-06.pdf
"Patriotic Americans should observe a day of prayer and thanksgiving for this stunning and historic reversal of half a century of misinformation and judicial distortion of the document that protects our religious freedoms," said Gary Glenn, president of the American Family Association of Michigan.
"We are particularly excited that such an historic, factual, and truth-based decision is now a controlling precedent for the federal Court of Appeals that rules on all Michigan cases," Glenn said.
6th Circuit Judge Richard Suhrheinrich wrote in the unanimous decision: "The ACLU makes repeated reference to the 'separation of church and state.' This extra-constitutional construct has grown tiresome. The First Amendment does not demand a wall of separation between church and state. Our nation's history is replete with governmental acknowledgment and in some cases, accommodation of religion."
The words "separation of church and state" do not appear in the U.S. Constitution, though according to polls, a majority of Americans have been misled to believe that they do, Glenn said.
For background information, see:
http://www.answers.com/topic/separation-of-church-and-state-in-the-united-states
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This loss will make the ACLU show their true colors more strongly. See tagline.
Don't ever forget -- judges (and most politicians) are the spawn of lawyers.
This is a big deal. A really big deal.
I love it. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Fantastic news. Thank you!
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And why is it so hard to believe?
Unfortunately, lawyers are a dime a dozen (despite the outrageous fees they charge). This is especially true for Leftist lawyers, who appear in droves fully formed from the womb.
Indeed. Jefferson was in France when the Constitution was written, so even in his own day he was hardly an expert on it. Then, despite all his utterings about small government, he was the first president to massively expand the powers of the federal government beyond what the Constitution provided. He also allowed the federal courts to grab far more power than the Constitution gave them, and we've been paying the price ever since.
Trust me. This one will go up to the Supreme Court. It has to, because now there are very different judicial interpretations of the establishment clause in use in different areas of the country. Once it gets to the Supreme Court, everyone who pays any attention to real news in this country will hear about it.
Any word on how the left or the atheist Newdow is taking this news?
Such as? I'm not disagreeing, I'm just curious about what actions you had in mind.
Short answer:
Because the gauge in my head that measures faith in the people who are sworn to correctly interpret the Constitution is bouncing on empty.
Long answer:
Read the rest of this thread and all the other threads that have ever been on FR about activist judges, ACLU scum, etc.
Thanks for the ping to this most interesting news, Gretchen. Merry Christmas!
Hell-musta-froze-over Bump!!!!!!!
Flying pigs coming soon to a neighborhood near you!!!
There are such things as Constitutional principles.
I don't believe that the words "system of checks and balances" ever appear in the Constitution either, but it does not make the principle any less Constitutional.
Pushing for a law in Virginia to punish Sabbath breaking, attending church in the Capitol building etc.
I am very happy that a judge made the correct decision on the constitution, not allowing leftwing judges continue their assault on the Constituion and the first ammendment. May the good Lord bless this judge and remove the left wing activists from power before they destroy our constitution and make America into but one more neo European socialist nation with a stagnant economy and dumb downed citizens; which explains their inability to deal with the Islamic terrorists and hostile takeover of Italy by violence.
I mean, I'm in Southern California, and believe me- a fence does nothing. There are so many people from Mexico here, it doesn't matter if more get halted. It's too late.
No. It means that there will be no established, official, Federally sanctioned religion. No Church of America, as was the case in England with the C of E.
The Religious Wars were not far in the past for the Founders, and they didn't want that sort of thing starting here. In 1776, the Spanish Inquisition was still around. It wasn't abolished until Napoleon took over Spain.
Sorry, I misinterpreted your comment!
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