Judge says ten commandments monument must be moved (Princeton)

[truthpusher]

http://www.tristate-media.com/articles/2005/02/02/pdclarion/news/news3.txt

Judge says ten commandments monument must be moved
Posted: Wednesday, Feb 02, 2005 - 01:53:27 am EST
By ANDREA HOWE

PRINCETON-The Ten Commandments monument must be moved from the Gibson County Courthouse square, according to a federal judge's Jan. 31 order.

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The monument was erected on the northeast corner of the Gibson County Courthouse lawn in 1956 by the local Elks lodge as a part of a national campaign to lower the rising number of delinquent youth.

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In his order to remove the monument, U.S. Southern District Judge Richard Young noted that case precedent in Indiana finds the Ten Commandments "cannot be reasonably stripped of their sacred religious significance by a characterization of them as a moral or ethical code."

Judge Young wrote, "While a large majority of those that pass by the monument in Princeton may find its inscription to be consistent with their intentions and beliefs, plaintiffs and perhaps numerous others do not share that same feeling. Our forefathers strived to craft a Constitution and Bill of Rights which took into account the need for government to be "of all the people," no matter what religious beliefs they hold or choose not to hold."
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[Sandpiper]

1. Hard to strip the religious significance from something that starts out

"I am Yahweh thy God, thou shalt have no other gods before me."

[Supersedeas]

18. yep, even Go-Go Gonzo Alberto Gonzolez would have a hard time spinning

that one.

[aikido15]

2. Good!

Another defeat for the religious psychos!:grr:

[Bzzzz]

3. Excellent...

another Judge who has some balls and upholds our laws!:bounce:

[saigon68]

19. Hateful Religious NUT-JOBS

As in "Who would JayZeus kill or disembowel?"

[Piperay]

4. Now I suppose we are going to be hearing

more about how victimized and persecuted the Christians are again. :nopity:

[jukes]

5. more wasted tax-dollars

by fundy nutjobs. now if they'd only PAY taxes...

[One_Life_To_Give]

6. After fifty years

was it necessary to remove it?


When new it is a religous symbol. After the passage of time and human events, it also beomes a piece of history. Many New England towns still have a green with the "Meeting House" on it. Which is/was the church except Colonial Law decreed the Church had to be called the meetinghouse. Since these churhes are on public land, should they be moved also?

[bdot]

7. *nods*

This seems a waste of money and resources. Someone was bored so they started whining so now they have to move it somewhere else. It would be different if it was just being created and moved in but this has been there a long time.

[Toots]

11. It was placed there to stop the rising number of delinquent youth.

Is there evidence that it in fact accomplished this deed? If not why keep it in place? If it is proved to be a great deterent to delinquency then keep it there. You want to keep it there to shove a religious idea into everyone's head (indoctrinate)?

[One_Life_To_Give]

12. At what point does it become historical though

You want to keep it there to shove a religious idea into everyone's head (indoctrinate)? Or to remind us that there was a time when we did?

[Toots]

13. We have history books for that

Or would you like to keep a few slaves around just to remind us as well?

[One_Life_To_Give]

14. Shall we remove the religous symbols

from Arlington and the Punch Bowl too? (Just asking)

[Toots]

24. If you believe in the Constitution You follow it........

When religion is placed in the forefront on US taxpayers property the Constitution is not being followed.

[arwalden]

8. Brace Yourselves For The Crybabies!!

Whaaaaaa! You're persecuting my religion!
Why do you HATE CHRISTIANITY?

[leesa]

9. Thou shalt not worship graven images. Sound familiar?

[ecoalex]

10. Clinton is pushing for more Faith Based Spending

More from billy up bus*'s ass . What is going on with the Clintons? Hilly is for the nominations of torturer and liar , Billy says more Fed funded Faith Bsed Intitiatives.

We need new Party leaders, non DLC .

Dean must get the Party chair , if not , it's over for the party for a while.

[Judi Lynn]

17. Why take a kick at the Clintons, at a Democratic site?

That's something which would be a little more at home elsewhere.

Did you notice you veered off topic to work it in?

[NJGeek]

15. princeton, where?

no gibson cty in NJ

[ernstbass]

16. Good riddance!

[eagler]

20. Hate to tell you guys but

it's this sort of thing that is causing us to lose elections.

[Judi Lynn]

22. "US?" n/t

[Roland99]

21. Why are Christians so concerned over Mosaic law?

Shouldn't they be concerning themselves with the Beatitudes?

[struggle4progress]

23. kick