Ten Commandments display case goes to court today

Posted on May 1, 2006

Yet another Ten Commandment case goes to court today; one of the numerous displays under attack by the ACLU.

MUSKOGEE, Okla. A federal court case involving a Ten Commandments display in Stigler begins today in Muskogee.

The American Civil Liberties Union has sued asking that the marker in front of the Haskell County Courthouse — which was erected in late 2004 — be removed. The A-C-L-U says the marker promotes Christianity and no other faith and says that’s unconstitutional.

But the A-C-L-U could be fighting an uphill battle. Federal judges have ruled in recent months that courthouse displays of the Ten Commandments in Kentucky and Ohio can stay.

The judges said in those cases that the displays were secular and did not endorse any specific religious belief. Haskell County commission members maintain their display is historical in nature.

Of course the display is historical in nature. It is a reminder of the principles upon which our law is based. Lately, America’s number one religious censor (ACLU) have been getting pounded in court on this issue. I’m hoping yet another precedent setting pounding.

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3 Responses to “Ten Commandments display case goes to court today”

kerwin_brown on May 1st, 2006 7:36 am

I am sure the Jews and the Muslims will be surprised to learn that the Ten Commandments are not part of their religion. In 2001 76.5% of Americans described themselves as Christians, 1.3% Jewish, and .5% Muslim. That means 78.3% have the Ten Commandments as part of their religion. The largest group beside those three is Atheist and Agnostics. I could not find statistics on other religions which makes me think that they are less than .5% of the population, which makes them negligible as even political candidates have to prove significant popular support to get on the ballet. So what the ACLU is arguing is that Atheist/Agnostics have the right to force their religion on at least 78.3% of the population. That sounds like it violates the rule of Democracy to me. I forgot the ACLU believes that everyone has the right to vote as long as they are in agreement with the ACLU.
loboinok on May 1st, 2006 12:58 pm

Filed on behalf of a retired vet who claims favoritism is being shown for a monument displayed amongst tributes to war dead, two graduating classes and Choctaw Indians who died on the Trail of Tears. In a town of 2700 with 17 churches.

The ACLU have their work cut-out for them.
gitardood on May 2nd, 2006 7:23 pm

They are going to hammer away at this and other issues until they finally get what they want.

It’s like a kid that asks his mom to buy them that toy and she says no, so he asks again, and she says no, then he asks again, a little louder and she says no, then he asks yet again, even louder somewhat embarassing her, but she still say no, this goes on and on until she finally gives in just to shut him up and save herself more embarassment. The kid realizes that if he’s persistent enough, he gets what he wants eventually.

This is why the ACLU never gives up. They know that eventually they’ll get what they want. And they’re willing to invest a lifetime into it. Hence another vote on gay marriage coming up soon. They WILL get what they want if we don’t ‘Stop The ACLU’ (sorry I couldn’t resist).