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Re: Moore foolishness than ever
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Tue, 26 Aug 2003 13:33:54 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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I’ve resisted introducing this topic because we’ve been over it before, and
the main issue is, to me, entirely resolved and crystal clear. But
Roy Moore
still keeps going on about his unconstitutional monument to his hubris.
So what’s the deal? Here’s a judge who willfully, publicly, and expensively
flauts the law of the land, yet he would presumably still declare himself an
authority in dispensing justice to those who would come before his court.
Although he has been suspended, and rightly so, how can he claim any moral
authority after he himself has directly violated the law?
I don’t have any means to assess the sincerity of his faith (though I admit
that he does seem to protest too much). I also don’t care if he wants to
erect a 10-ton monument on private property. But for an officer of the court
to enshrine a religion this way in the public arena is anathema to the
Constitution. For that matter, I think his argument that the decalogue is
the “moral foundation” of our legal system is specious at best; I can’t seem
to find the Constitutional Amendment about “honoring my father and mother” or
enjoining me to “keep holy the Lord’s day.” And where’s the one about
coveting my neighbor’s wife?
Dave!
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As a Christian, I’m ‘outraged’ about this situation. I mean, in the Bible it
tells us to ‘respect’ the authority of the land. So not only is what Roy doing
‘unconstitutional’, but is going contrary to sound Biblical teachings.
I’m not a conspiracy theorist by any means, but it’s oddly coincidental that
this, as well as other ‘newsworthy items’ are deflecting attention from the
‘bigger crimes of humanity’ that the chief honcho of conservatives in America is
pulling off right now.
But that’s just the way I see it...
Dave K
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| (...) Jesus did not tell you to respect to authority, he said, "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's, and render unto to God that which is God's." (quoting from memory here) In my opinion, and probably a lot of readers' opinions, that's a very (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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