"obscene and vulgar" It would be near impossible to get a court to rule in that way since it one of the (4 or 5 maybe) officially recognized religions in the military.
Tim -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 10:11 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: 10 commandments "Just to put it in perspective... I assume you are a Christian of some sort. How would you feel if, prominently displayed in front of the local courthouse, were the prime tenants of the Church of Satan?" Well, golly gee, Ben. I guess I round up my KKK buddies and we'd pull down that unholy altar of the Dark Angel himself with my pickup truck. While it don't think it would be against the law, I do think it would be patently offensive, but there's no clause in the first amendment against offensiveness of religion as people seem to think these days. However, there are state laws that prohibit obscene and vulgar signs and messages, so I assume it would come under the jurisdiction of the state. The laws that allow state governments to determine what is right and wrong for their population are a priviledge given by the 9th Amendment. So there we go, back into the courthouse go the Ten Commandments. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 9:43 AM Subject: RE: 10 commandments > : I want to say that I do not advocate a national religion - I don't want > : anybody telling me how to worship - but the doctrine of "Spearation of > : Church and State" has become a crusade against allowing the free > : expression > : of religion by anybody even remotely involved with the government, a clear > : violation of the First Amendment. > > Perhaps for some. > > I don't have a problem with a judge putting the Ten Commandments up on the > wall in his office, as an expression of his beliefs in his personal space. > On the other hand, I do have a problem when they put a monument to them in > front of the courthouse. > > Why? Because it /is/ "respecting an establishment of religion" by a > government body. > > For similar reasons, I don't think the Ten Commandments should be in school. > People around here try to argue that they aren't religious, they're moral. > However, if you should try to get the Eightfold Path (which has much less > religious reference) up on the wall, they'd pitch a nutty. > > Just to put it in perspective... > I assume you are a Christian of some sort. How would you feel if, > prominently displayed in front of the local courthouse, were the prime > tenants of the Church of Satan? > > Yeah, that'd suck. > > --BenD > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
