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"A monument to the Ten Commandments should be allowed to stand in a state courthouse."
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| Total # of Responses: 642 - 2/7/04 |
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We have received feedback on this issue from people all across America. Review the graph to the left for a quick snapshot of the responses received to date, or read the responses below.
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Dorothy Mu, MD
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... A nation divided cannot stand.
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January 27,2004
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If it isn't broke -don't fix it. Why are we at this point in time trying to re-design, re-identify America and establish a new America.
A nation divided cannot stand. Did we learn that on 911. DUH!
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Gerald, TX
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... Why not be reminded
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January 27,2004
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The Ten Commandments are a moral basis of who we should be. We should not be murderers, adulters, idolaters, liars, thieves, etc. What are our felony laws based on? Why not be reminded of these basic moral principles especially in a courthouse?
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Joseph, MD
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... WE HAVE CERTAIN GUIDE LINES
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January 27,2004
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AS A CHRISTIAN NATION WE HAVE LEARNED THAT WE HAVE CERTAIN GUIDE LINES GIVEN BY THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS. BY THOSE GUIDE LINES WE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED IS THE BEST TO MANTAIN A HEALTHY, SENSIBLE SOCIETY.
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John, FL
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... part of our heritage
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January 27,2004
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Only the ignorant or deliberately deceitful would deny the Biblical underpinnings of our nation. Our forefathers both assumed and declared basic Judeo-Christian principles as part of our heritage as a place of religious liberty. The Ten Commandments are an integral part of our legal system!
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Daniel, OK
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... Just read historical fact.
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January 27,2004
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If the Founding Fathers intended a separation of church and state, why didn't the early Supreme Court decisions reflect that sentiment? Many of the early Justices actually wrote and ratified the first amendment.
Don't believe me? Look up the Supreme Court decision in "Church of the Holy Trinity vs. United States" in 1892. The following quote comes from that case:
"No purpose of action against religion can be imputed to any legislation, state or national, because this is a religious people...This is a Christian nation."
Look it up...the modern interpretation of the separation of church and state is false. And that is not the only Supreme Court decision. There are many, many more. :-) Just read historical fact.
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Grace, NC
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... importance of knowing
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January 27,2004
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The majority of our founding fathers believed in the absolute standards set forth in the 10 commandments. They expressed a strong belief in the importance of knowing and following them if our nation was to survive. Our courts would be less busy today if our citizens knew and obeyed them.
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Cedrick, MI
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... display of the word
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January 27,2004
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only if this monument is the words of the ten commandments from the king james bible.There is a rumor that this monument had derogatory words against the African American community.I would still support the display of the word (in the form of the ten commandments)of God even if their was something derogatory against my culture.
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John, CA
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... we should follow
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January 27,2004
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If the authors of the Declaration of independence and representatives of the Continental Congress felt it important to recognize the Ten commandments, we should follow the framers of our country's footsteps!
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Kyle, MI
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... 10 commandments are not law
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January 27,2004
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you can't have the freedom of religion, without freedom from religion! it's a two way street. The 10 commandments are not law or the basis of law in this country. The god of the 10 commandments is not the god of the united states. if their was a god of the united states we would not be free!!
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Bob, OH
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... which ten commandments?
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January 27,2004
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There are two problems here: First of all, which ten commandments? Christians, Catholics, Moslems, and Jews translate the text differently and disagree as to meaning.
Second, there are many religions--Shinto, Hindu, Buddhist, Native American--who may well consider this to be extremely unwelcome evangelism and an example of cultural snobbery.
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Michael, KS
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... Liberty and justice for ALL
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January 27,2004
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Christianity was the religion of the framers of the US Constitution. However, they were made it very clear that the government shouldn't adopt any religion--even theirs. Keep fundamentalist Christianity out of our government! "Liberty and justice for ALL."
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Stephanie, FL
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... hold the standard
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January 27,2004
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The Ten commandments hold the standard for the laws we make.
Disregard a person's obligation to keep the sabbath holy, and you disregard religious freedom. There have been court cases one on this basis over employers that would not allow employees to have Sunday off of work to worship corporately with other believers.
Disregard a child's obligation to honor their father and mother, and you will throw their obligation to honor any other adult or authority out the window. Such dishonor was evident in the case of a young teen in our area who was convicted of murder in the first degree for the shooting death of his teacher. Imagine if they had said it was ok to dishonor his authority.
Disregard one's moral duty to not take from another person--whether it is a possession, a spouse or a life--and the nation will become as insane and out of controlled as the nations we are now trying to stop guerilla warfare in. It will become a socialistic culture. And it will in time become as barbaric as the Roman empire.
Without the Ten Commandments, we do not have a foundation for our laws. The house build on the sand does not have a firm foundation. Just watch the Weather channel during a hurricane if you don't believe me.
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Charmagne, SC
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... read the Constitution.
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January 27,2004
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Former Judge Roy Moore was so eloquent and knowlegeable in defense of his actions at the Alabama courthouse. What History books are you people reading who think that this country wasn't based on the divine law of God? I suggest that anyone who thinks Judge Moore is in error stop listening to libertal-minded politicians, judges, and college professors and read for yourselves how the U.S. Constitution was conceived. Even more, read the Constitution.
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Helder, CT
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... worship whatever God they choose.
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January 27,2004
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The argument that this country was founded on one particular sect of Christianity is absurd.
God was and is always referred as well just God. Not the Evangelist’s, Southern Baptists or Roman Catholics God, its generic for a reason. So all Americans can worship whatever God they choose.
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Donna, MI
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... our freedom of choice.
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January 27,2004
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Our country was founded on the Christian religion. I am a believer in God and a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I am surounded daily by things that offend me. We live in America where there are many freedoms, but to take away the freedom on which this country was founded, or to remove the 10 commandments from governmental and State buildings because they offend someone...hmm. our country was founded on these beliefs. We have choices of where we live in todays world. IF I chose to live in Germany, for one example,what would give me the right to demand that they change laws or remove religeous placks, symbols, etc. because they offend me. If I chose to live there, I choose to accept the things that their country was founded on. Freedom is being taken away from the religeous secter in America. There is no balance in America, just one problem replaced with another, from one group to another. Yes, by allowing religeous freedom we also have to allow other groups freedom to express and those freedoms are deeply offensive to me. But they seem to be all that is are allowed. We must not leave God out of country or our freedom of choice.
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Howard, VA
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... may indicate a bias
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January 27,2004
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I believe that holding up 1 set of "moral" laws without do the same for other belief systems may indicate a bias on the part of a Court. Justice is represented as blindfolded, with a scale in one hand and a sword in the other. A much better monument in court.
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Ken, IA
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... embraced by all
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January 27,2004
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What makes America such a great place to live, compared to other nations,is our faith based culture which tells us to treat our neighbors as we would want them to treat us. Any religion that promotes this idea is welcome in America and should be embraced by all, especially the government policy makers.
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Betty Bayl, NY
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... I am saddened and concerned
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January 27,2004
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The reason for the separation of church and state, as originally intended, was to stop government from interfering with religious matters, not vice-versa. May God help us if HE is ordered out of our lives. I am saddened and concerned at the lack of religious values in schools, and the negative impact it has had in recent decades. Lack of respect for the law, drugs, illicit sex and the view that promoting it is equal to health education. All of these extreme liberal, demoralizing views will only bring our future generation to its demise.
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Joe, NY
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... oldest systems of law
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January 27,2004
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The Ten Commandments are not merely a "religious" document. They also form the basis of one of the oldest systems of law ever recorded. In fact, a strong case can be made that all modern law is directly descended from the Ten Commandments. It is here we find that murder, theft, fraud, and adultery are wrong - not merely because of a society's consensus or the subjective moral opinion of a man, but because of a higher moral principle that finds its origin in a divine Source. Why should this document from which our country's most basic laws are derived, be barred from public display in a courthouse? It is merely because it happened to be recorded in Scripture? How far we have come from the intent of the Founding Fathers as expressed in the Constitution.
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Steven, OH
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... I wonder how the people
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January 27,2004
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The last commandment provides that "thou shall not covet thy neighbour's wife..nor his ox, nor his ass." I own neither ox or ass. Also, I work on the Sabbath (Saturdays) on occassion. Nor do I mind if my neighbour choses not to worship the god of the old testament.
I wonder how the people who approve of the posting of the ten commandments would feel if instead the commandment that adulterers must be stoned to death were posted in front of the (divorce?) court.
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