[Thane_Banquo]

There is a difference. We are required to pray to God. We are not required to place the Ten Commandments in a courthouse. So when a law says not to place the Ten Commandments in a courthouse, it is not violating God's law to remove them. However, if a law says not to pray to God, then to follow man's law would indeed violate God's.

I'm not sure whose side I'm on in this case (mostly Moore's, but he should have obeyed the court order), but I'm definitely on the side against making false analogies.

[xzins]

See #10.

[irishtenor]

There is no law saying that there cannot be a monument to the Ten Commandments, it was a judge's order. That is not law. In fact, according to the Alabama State Constitution he did what was required. He obeyed the law of the state.

[Woahhs]

So when a law says not to place the Ten Commandments in a courthouse, it is not violating God's law to remove them.

What law says that?

[foghornleghorn]

While it is true that we must follow the rule of law, I believe the issue should always have been one of free speech, not religion. The ten commandments are the basis of much of our civil law, and placing them on a monument in a courthouse seems quite appropriate. It is not promoting or teaching any religion.

[PFKEY]

You my friend are 100% correct in my opinion.

[L.N. Smithee]

There is a difference. We are required to pray to God. We are not required to place the Ten Commandments in a courthouse. So when a law says not to place the Ten Commandments in a courthouse, it is not violating God's law to remove them. However, if a law says not to pray to God, then to follow man's law would indeed violate God's.

Amen, brother. The Mosaic Law required that it be read publicly on a regular basis. Fathers were required to speak of it constantly to their offspring. Even more then than now, ignorance of The Law was no excuse.

Everyone in Alabama who wants to read the Ten knows where to find them. Judge Moore was picking a fight by just placing the monument there, and he got one.

I DO, however, agree with the judge about the intellectual laziness regarding the Constitution and the founding fathers and belief in a Creator that has led to errors of jurisprudence such as the Ninth Circus's agreement with Michael Newdow.