It may take something along that line to once and for all get government (all 3 branches) to recognize and apply the constitutional principle of separation between religion and government.
The half-hearted opposition to religion encroachment into government, popularly known as "separation of church and state", with its artificial constructs of the "Lemon" test and "Marsh" exception appear to effectively have worked to allow the Law of Moses or the Ten Commandments (given to the fictional Jewish character Moses in Hebrew lore) to represent the de facto US Religion. When the Hebrew writings (or translation) are presented as historical documents (a factual impossibility given that the Torah was derived from sources over a period of about 800 years) and placed next to genuinely historical documents (such as the US Constitution), Government is telegraphing that Jewish law is equal to or superior to the Supreme Law of the Land. It is not the Latin cross or other genuine Christian symbols the Neoconservatives (Trotskyists, Zionists, Dominionists) are placing on government property, validated by courts far and wide. Larry Darby -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Will Linden Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 10:18 AM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: The Impaler's Wall Net.gossip is now giving its attention to Sharkey "the Impaler" announcing that he is running for governor of Minnesota as the "Vampyre's Witches and Pagans Party". (Any pagans present go yell at him, not me... http://johnathonforgovernor.us), with a platform which calls for the public impalement of "convicted terrorists". I found on reading his agenda that he proposes to "erect the "Wall of Religious Beliefs" in the Capital. This wall will have everything from the Wiccan Rede to the 10 Commandments." So, is this project considered sufficiently nondiscriminatory? Or would it be assailed as an establishment of "religion", as opposed to irreligion? Or does the aim of extolling religious freedom constitute an overriding secular purpose? _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
