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Every now and again I have several items I want to call to your attention. So here it goes: Item One: Senator Wayne Allard (R-Co.), one of the most decent men serving in public life, has introduced the Religious Liberties Restoration Act (S 1558). The bill has been referred to the Judiciary Committee where Sen. Arlen Specter (R.-Pa) holds the swing vote. This measure is really a states’ rights measure via the Tenth Amendment. The Allard bill simply affirms that each state would have the right to display our national motto (In God We Trust), would be able to recite...

S 1558 IS 108th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1558To restore religious freedoms. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 1 (legislative day, JULY 21), 2003 Mr. ALLARD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILLTo restore religious freedoms. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the `Religious Liberties Restoration Act'. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The Declaration of Independence declares that governments are instituted...

Rep. Chip Pickering, R-Miss., introduces Safeguarding Our Religious Liberties Act to restrict federal courts from ruling on Commandments, Pledge and national motto. The fight against judicial tyranny picked up steam Thursday when a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives to prohibit federal courts from ruling on constitutional challenges to the display of the Ten Commandments, recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and the mere existence of the national motto.U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering, R-Miss., is the chief sponsor of the Safeguarding Our Religious Liberties Act, the mirror image of a Senate bill introduced this summer by Sen. Wayne Allard,...

Support the Religious Liberties Restoration Act introduced by Sen. Wayne Allard of Colorado Ask your senators to co-sponsor S. 1558. Dear Friend, Finally, a U.S. Senator has given Americans a method to restore our religious liberties. He has introduced a bill, S. 1558, The "Religious Liberties Restoration Act", which does exactly that. S. 1558 is not a constitutional amendment, but a legislative statute which would remove from federal court review the displaying of the Ten Commandments, the National Motto and the Pledge of Allegiance. Click here to urge your two senators to co-sponsor this bill! Using this approach, a constitutional...

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO) recently introduced a legislative statute which would prevent the federal courts from being involved in religious issues which are considered to be under the Tenth Amendment jurisdiction of the states. The "Religious Liberties Restoration Act," or S.1558, would help restore religious liberties that have been taken away by activist judges. This legislation is not a constitutional amendment, but it would remove federal court review of cases involving the display of the Ten Commandments, changing the National Motto, or removing words from the Pledge of Allegiance. Because a constitutional amendment would not be...

High atop the Washington Monument overlooking our nation's capital is engraved the Latin phrase Laus Deo which means, "Praise be to God." But wait a minute? Isn't that a violation of the First Amendment? It's going to take quite the cherry picker to sand blast that off when the American Civil Liberties Union convinces some federal judge that this is unconstitutional. Embedded in the entry way of the National Archives building in Washington, D.C. are the Ten Commandments (yes, those Ten Commandments) for all to see. Do these people at the National Archives not realize that they are establishing a...