On Monday, October 27, 2003, at 10:25 AM, joe andress wrote:

> As one who lives in Alabama, I would like to add my .02 worth:
>
> a: i fail to understand how only the display of the commandments
> represents
> the endorsement by the government of a specific aspect of a specific
> reglion. After all, there are numerous place where reference is made
> to some
> aspect of reglion.

I understand. However, it is a slippery slope. There are hundreds of
"religions" and, if any of those other religions wanted equal treatment
with the same size display and with an equally prominent display, not
only would the rotunda have to be 10s or 100s of square feet larger to
accommodate those needs but a large committee with representatives from
each religion would have to be formed (and controlled) whose function
would be to guarantee equal representation of the displays.

What a zoo that would be.

> b: i question Judge Moore disregarding the federal court order, as a
> more
> important issue. If a judge, state or federal, disrespects a specific
> order
> of a higher court, then that respresents an attack on one part of the
> overall governmenting embodiment of our country. Moore has the option
> of
> seeking appeal to a higher court but regardless of what he contends;
> he, as
> a judge, has a duty and responsiblity to open the order. I m sure that
> he,
> as a judge, would take an extremely dim view on anyone who disobeyed
> his
> court order.

I totally agree with you. Question: Do you suppose that the judge would
have disregarded the federal court order if the display had been an
Islamic one?

>
> again, just my .02 worth

Well spent.

FW

"The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and
misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom
and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other." -
David Riesman

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