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Legal Scholar Says Founding Fathers Back Justice Moore on Ten Commandments
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/8/22/141443.shtml

Furthermore, this "present danger," as he calls it, predates the uproar that began 40 yeas ago when the courts started chasing religion out of classrooms. For 70 years, he argues, the courts have willfully misinterpreted the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment in an attempt to banish religion from public life. Such court decisions betray "a gross misunderstanding" of the Constitution, Lowenthal says.

Now this one
WND LAW OF THE LAND
County sued over Bible monument
Woman objects to King James display near entrance to Houston courthouse
Posted: August 27, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern


� 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

Signaling growing antipathy toward Scripture on public property, a Texas woman is suing Harris County, demanding a King James Bible be removed from a monument near the entrance of a courthouse.

According to a report in the Houston Chronicle, Kay Staley, who is both a real estate agent and a lawyer, cites what she sees as growing religious fundamentalism in society.

"It's unconstitutional, and I expect our elected officials to follow the law," Staley, a member of the Houston chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, told the paper.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34285

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Rose:

"Are we that anxious to live like the USSR, North Korea, and China?"

No, but I wouldn't want to live in Saudi Arabia or Iran eighter...


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I just can't help myself...can't resist...


My ancestors were more oppressed than your ancestors!


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