Ten Commandments Called Unconstitutional

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the purpose of the Ten Commandments display placed in the Courts of McCreary and Pulaski Counties is religious and it violated the Establishment Clause of the Constitution.

However, Judge James L. Ryan recommended a rehearing with the full Sixth Circuit panel of Judges because of several other rulings by the court which had different outcomes. Judge Ryan said, "Perhaps the panel will reconsider an en banc hearing in this case."

Mathew Staver, Founder of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University Law School said, "The Ten Commandments are a part of the fabric of our country. They are as much at home in display about the foundations of law or as the stars and stripes are in the flag. The Founding Fathers would be outraged that we are even debating the constitutionality of the Ten Commandments."

Don Swarthout, President of Christians Reviving America's Values said, "These rulings against the Ten Commandments and against Christianity are nothing but ludicrous. Since when did we make the Federal Courts out to be the thought police? How can the Federal Courts say the thinking of our Founding Fathers was unconstitutional, when it was our Founding Fathers who thought out our Constitution before they wrote it?"

A quote attributed to John Quincy Adams said, "The greatest glory of the American Revolution was this; it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity." Swarthout said, "That seems pretty clear about what the thoughts of our Founding Fathers actually were when they wrote the Constitution.

Jesus said in Matthew 22:21, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are Gods. Jesus gave both Christianity and government validity in that sentence. Jesus was telling us, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which make up the principles of good civil government; and render unto God the things which make up the principles of Christianity.

Swarthout said, "From John Quincy Adams and Jesus Christ we should understand the principles of good civil government and the principles of Christianity are exactly the same. We should not have any battles between government and Christianity. How would our courts rule on that argument?"

Alabama's Ten Commandments Judge Running for Governor

From Associated Press
By Phillip Rawls

An Alabama judge known for refusing to move a granite monument of the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the state's judicial building is again running for governor, with his message Monday going beyond his longstanding call for the government to acknowledge God.

Ousted Chief Justice Roy Moore's kickoff speech focused on economics, social issues and criticism of the federal government.

"While an ever-increasing national government deficit devalues our dollar and plunges us into a recession, federal power intrudes into private business, undermining our free enterprise system upon which we've always been based," said Moore, who is running as a Republican.

Moore became known as Alabama's Ten Commandments judge when he was presided over circuit court in Gadsden in 1997-1998 and waged a legal battle to display a homemade plaque of the religious laws in his courtroom.

The attention over his plaque helped him win the race for chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 2000. As head of the state judicial system, he placed a granite monument of the Ten Commandments in the lobby of the state judicial building. A federal judge ordered him to remove it, but he refused, claiming a right to acknowledge God.

That decision caused the Alabama Court of the Judiciary to kick Moore out of office in 2003.

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Things To Ponder in 2008

As America considers the possibility of $10 per gallon gasoline, increasing inflation, a collapsing dollar, the unchecked invasion across our borders, the rapid deindustrialization of our country, and now food shortages, runs on rice and flour, talk of famine, and major party candidates who sing in different keys, but from the same hymnal, a reader offers the following interesting thoughts to ponder:

Subject: 3 THINGS TO PONDER IN 2008

1. Cows

2. The Constitution

3. The Ten Commandments


COWS

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 20 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.

OUR CONSTITUTION

They keep talking about drafting a constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.


THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this: You cannot post ''Thou Shalt Not Steal,'' ''Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery,'' and ''Thou Shall Not Lie'' in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment.