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To: NutCrackerBoy
"...giving preference should refer only to some substantive treatment, not to self-expression of those comprising government bodies."

Government IS the sum total of those comprising government bodies, in this case, the Chief magistrate's ability to Judge impartially has been brought into question due to his own words and actions.

He has given anyone who will ever set foot in his courtroom who is not a Christian, reason to try and get the case dimissed.

I know that if I were a Muslim standing trial, I would challenge Moore's ability to remain impartial.

175 posted on 08/20/2003 12:28:47 PM PDT by Luis Gonzalez (I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together)
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To: Luis Gonzalez
Government IS the sum total of those comprising government bodies

I won't quibble. Moore posting the monument amounts to a self-expression of a government body. The government body known as Congress expresses its wish to be given strength by G*d before opening proceedings. You haven't addressed my distinction between self-expression and substantive treatment as regards giving preference.

He has given anyone who will ever set foot in his courtroom who is not a Christian, reason to try and get the case dimissed. I know that if I were a Muslim standing trial, I would challenge Moore's ability to remain impartial.

Hogwash. Religious freedom and impartiality are guaranteed by the Constitution. I'm sure you wouldn't say that government bodies must accomodate every foolish fear in the head of a Muslim standing trial (for example) no matter what the fear.

So it is incumbent upon you to explain why seeing the monument and understanding the idea behind it may inculcate a reasonable fear.

179 posted on 08/20/2003 12:55:32 PM PDT by NutCrackerBoy
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To: Luis Gonzalez
Government IS the sum total of those comprising government bodies, in this case, the Chief magistrate's ability to Judge impartially has been brought into question due to his own words and actions.

Well, Luis, apparently you would prefer a completely sanitised courtroom, one free of all vestiges of Christian or otherwise religious influence. How about this: go to Key Largo and start swimming south. About sixty miles later, you will reach such an arrangement. Have a nice day, and watch out for sharks.

228 posted on 08/21/2003 3:53:14 AM PDT by ovrtaxt ( http://www.fairtax.org ** God may not be a Republican, but Satan is definitely a Democrat!)
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