> From: Russell Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Fool wrote: > > >Kentucky General Assembly > >Measure seeks pro-commandments constitutional amendment > > > >FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A resolution for Congress to propose a constitutional > >amendment to allow posting of the Ten Commandments in public buildings > >was approved by a Senate committee today. > > > I'm curious about this - I can't see any reason why the public at large
> should fund these displays, or why public buildings should be a forum > for them. But I can't see why if these people feel so strongly about > displaying them, why don't they just take out billboard style > advertising like everyone else trying to get their message out. > > Anything they did in a public building would have to be constrained, > subtle and innocuous even if they did put them up, but with outdoor > displays done on a commercial basis, they can show whatever they please > in whatever manner they please... > > Why try and drag government into it... Because most of the people who support things like this would actually like the government to impose a theocracy, specifically a fundamentalist christian theocracy. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
