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Does the A L A B A M A Constitution specify which god? Is it the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? Is it Allah? What about Emperor Hirohito or Amon-Ra? What many Christians do not recognize is that by paying homage to the government’s generic "God" they are in fact insulting the Lord whom they profess to serve.

I am a conservative Christian (and thus no longer a Republican). However, I do not see how the 1st Amendment, as it is currently interpreted by the courts, gives anyone the right to post the Ten Commandments on public property- without also giving other religions a similar right. And how many of the Alabama Christians would tolerate having passages from the Koran or the Hindu Vedas or any scripture from any other religion posted alongside the Ten Commandments?

It would do the country a service if the Courts would read the Constitution once in a while. Article VII of the U.S. Constitution (the last one written by the Philadelphia convention) concludes, “Done in convention by the unanimous consent of the states present the seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven…”. At no time in world history has the expression “in the year of our Lord” been applied to anyone other than Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The Constitution established the United States as a Judeo-Christian Nation (and don’t bring up the Treaty of Tripoli- I seen the left’s arguments before and found them wanting).

But, sadly, America is no longer a Judeo-Christian nation; if it were the situation in Alabama would not be an issue. Therefore, I wonder why the Christians of Alabama are so up-in-arms over a public display of the Ten Commandments. Surely, their efforts would be better directed towards electing office holders who will uphold the Ten Commandments as a matter of law rather than settling for mere symbolism.

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I AM PROUD TO BACK JUDGE MOORE IT SHOWS A MAN NOT AFRAID TO STAND UP FOR GOD AND THE BIBLE.I FEEL A LESSON IS TO LEARNED IN THIS FOR IF YOU TAKE GOD OUT OF OUR COUNTRY WHAT HAVE WE GOT. ALL THE LEADERS THAT WANT TO REMOVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS MONUMENT NEED TO TAKE NOTE AS VOTER LETS REMOVE THEM FROM OFFICE IF THEY DONT BACK JUDGE MOORE THE ALSO WERE SWORN IN ON THE MORALS OF THE BIBLE SO US CHRISTIANS NEED TO STAND UP AND TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK PUT IN THE HANDS OF LEADRERS NOT AFRAID OF THE BIBLE AND THE WORD AND LAWS IT HOLDS.GOD HELP OUR COUNTRY LETS PRAY THEY DONT REMOVE THE MONUMENT AND LETS VOTE THOSE THAT WANT TO REMOVE IT OUT OF OFFICE.

judge moore is a silly old drama queen who was suspended by the judicial inquiry commission for failing to comply with a federal court order to remove the "10 Commandments" monument he installed in fulfillment of a campaign promise Moore made to right-wing religious hypocrites.

There is no way that Judge Moore or his self righteous followers are right about keeping the ten commandments in a court building. They are just showing their own ignornce by trying to damage the laws the protect their own stupidity.

I know it's the 'bible belt' and all, but seriously, isn't this country supposed to be a 'melting pot' of ethnic backgrounds?? I agree that if someone tried (god-foresaken to Alabama christians) to post jewish or islamic or hindu scriptures/passages/monuments in public, not a single one of them would protest if the publicly seen scriptures/passages/monuments were ordered to be placed out of public view or taken down all together.

How can our government portray "publicly" (in a courthouse of all places) that ONE religious passage is the ONE (not just for the nation, but even just Alabama) and still expect to keep the country free and prosperous, not to mention, the most powerfull and influential, because of the fact that we tolerate any religion???? Seriously, if the terrorists had it their way, our country's states would be fighting each other over this exact kind of thing.....religious beliefs.

From the constitution:
'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.'

Doesn't having this monument in the courthouse (where laws are argued and decided) actually JUST respect the Judeo-Christian religious views?? The first commandment is "You shall have no other gods before Me."

From the Declaration of Independence:
'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.'

Note how it says: "...that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator." So what does that mean?? Their creator. Doesn't that mean I have the right to believe who I think my creator IS?? I'm not trying to bash religion, but I respect the people I share the same community with and I don't put a monument up for them to live by. An artistic, religious sculpture is one thing...if it's in a museum. Not in the public courthouse.

I think we should all pray to our own gods, be happy, and leave the goverenment out of it. I also think that every single protester in Alabama (and the rest of the bible-belt for that matter) that hasn't, should visit New York City for a few days and witness for themselves the diversity that this nation thrives and builds upon. After all, sn't that the city that we were ALL AS A COUNTRY concerned about and praying to our own gods for on September eleventh, 2001??

I think that they should leave it there because nobody had a problem with it before and if they did the didn't say anything.But whatever happens will happen because God has it in his plans to happen.

Our country was founded on God, Jesus Christ, the one and ONLY true creator of heaven and earth and of every human being who has ever lived and is living. Our forefathers claimed this nation as "one nation under God". This nation was founded on God, by God, with God, and for God. To take God out of our nation, would destroy us. And that is exactly what people are doing when they take prayer out of schools, and ten commandment monuments out of courthouses, and "under God" out of the very pledge that is said in public places all over the United States. Someone once said that big mistakes start with small steps. Our nation has started taking small steps to a big mistake, by taking the Ten Commandments out of the courthouse in Alabama. If only there were more Roy Moore's and more President George Bush's in our government that would lead our nation back to Christ, then there wouldn't be a problem like this. It is ridiculous to think that someone's right's are being violated by displaying the Ten Commandments in a courthouse. No one is forceing anyone to look at the commandments or live by them, pbviously. Because if our nation was living by the commandments, then problems like these would never arise, and our nation would be a better place. It is a shame that the people of our nation (that was founded under God) could become so easily offended at the thought of their rights being violated by a monument being displayed in a public place. Thank You, Judge Roy Moore, for being in the will of God, and for standing up in what you believe in, no matter what the outcome. You have made a step in the right direction for our nation, amidst those who continue to guide our nation away from God. And thank you, President Bush, also for being in the will of God. It is men like Moore and Bush, that help guide us in the direction best for our nation. Towards the one TRUE Creator.

"This book [speaking of the bible] is the secret of
England's greatness." Queen, Victoria Windsor

"My daily advisor and comfort is the impregnable rock
of the Holy Scriptures." Gladstone, architech of
American law

"You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of
life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ.
These will make you a greater and happier people than
you are. Congress will do every thing they can to
assist you in this intention." a message to the
Native American Indians, May, 12th, 1779 by, George
Washington, 1st US President

"Religion and virtue are the only foundations, not
only of republicanism and of all free government, but
of social felicity under all governments and in all
the combinations of human society." John Adams, 2nd
US President

"I have always said, and will always say, that the
studious perusal of the sacred volume will make us
better citizens, better husbands, and better fathers."
Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President, 1st Washington
D.C. school board president

"Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil
Society, he must be considered as a subject of the
Governor of the Universe... Religion... is the basis
and foundation of government." James Madison, 4th US
President, chief architect of the Constitution

"The Declaration of Independence first organized the
social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer's
mission upon earth and laid the corner stone of human
government upon the first precepts of Christianity."
John Quincy Adams, 6th US President

"The bible is the rock on which our Republic rest."
Andrew Jackson, 7th US President

"I am profitably engaged in reading the Bible. Take
all of this upon reason that you can, and balance on
faith, and you will live and die a better man."
Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President

"I am sorry for the men who do not read the Bible
daily. I wonder why they deprive themselves of the
strength and the pleasure. I should be afraid to go
forward if I did not believe that there lay at the
foundation of all schooling and all our thought this
imcomparable and unimpeachable Word of God." Woodrow
Wilson, 28th US President

"Almost every man who has by his life work added to
the sum of human achievements of which the race is
proud - has based his life work largely upon the
teachings of the Bible." Theodore Roosevelt, 32nd US
President

"Religion is the only solid basis of good morals;
therefore, education should teach the precepts of
religion, and the duties of man towards God."
Gouveneur Morris, scribe / handwriter of the
Constitution

"Whoever is an avowed enemy of God, I scuple not to
call him an enemy to this country." John
Whitherspoon, Continental Congress, Declaration of
Independence

"Providence has given to our people the choice of
their rulers, and it is the duty as well as the
privelege and interest of our Christian Nation to
select and prefer Christians for their rulers." John
Jay, 1st Supreme Court Justice

"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often
that this great nation was founded, not by
religionist, but by Christians, not on religions but
on the gospel of Jesus Christ! For this reason
peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum,
prosperity and freedom of worship here." Patrick
Henry, Continental Congress

"...convincing proofs I see... that God governs in the
affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the
ground without His notice, is it probable that an
empire can rise without His aid?" Benjamin Franklin,
Constitutional Convention,

"Of all the dipositions and habits which lead to
political prosperity, religion and morality are
indispensable supports... . Reason and experience
both forbid us to expect that national morality can
prevail in exclusion of religious principles."
Alexander Hamiltion, 1st Secretary of Treasurer

"The moral principles and precepts contained in the
Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil
constitutions and laws... . All the miseries and
evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition,
injustice, opppression, slavery, and war, proceed from
their despising or neglecting the precepts contained
in the Bible." Noah Webster, American Revolutionist,
Constitutional Convention, Dictionary

"There is not a community which cannot be purified,
redeemed and improved by a better knowledge and larger
application of the Bible to daily life." W.J. Bryan,
Democratic Orator and statesman, ran three times for
presidency and failed, nicknamed the Commoner

"I suspect that the future progress of the human race
will be determined by the circulation of the Bible."
Dr. R.A. Millikan, 1923 Nobel prize winner in physics

"Our ways; through a Christian President, finally
outlawed slavery in America with the world soon
following its lead. The great freedoms we enjoy are
the direct result of the Christian faith of our
predecessors. No great civilization or religion from
the world did it; it was our Christian Forefathers and
Foremothers and their open faith in God through the
Jesus Christ that did."
William M. Cooper
Kingsville, TX
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