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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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Bob, FL
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... most instructive
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January 27,2004
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This is not about religion! It is a program to establish a a Christian Taliban Theocracy in the United States.
It is most instructive that they do not favor Jesus's Golden commandment to do on to others as you would have them treat you. Try and put that on a thousand pound monument and see how they support that.
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Mark, IN
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... many ways to worship God
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January 27,2004
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I don't want my tax money to got to a religion. I believe the the founders believed this also. Even then there were many ways to worship God (Quakers, Puritans, Prodistan (sic), Lutherians, others). The Founders did not believe that the Americans should support ONE faith. My money should not pay for someone else's object of faith.
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Lynda, MI
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... couldn't think of a better place
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January 27,2004
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I couldn't think of a better place for them with all that goes on in the courts today. Thou shall not steal or covet...might put a damper on a few people.
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Kevin Jone, GA
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... a very different time
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January 27,2004
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I know that this country was founded based on the Ten Commandments. That is all well and good, we live in a very different time. Government of any kind should not in any way allow religion to a part of it. I am a practicing Christian and a memeber of a Southern Baptist Church, but I do not think that Church and State should have any relation of any kind.
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Keith, MD
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... strict separation of the dictates
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January 27,2004
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It is inappropriate to place religious statements in places that are designated to serve the general public. There is -- or certainly should be -- a strict separation of the dictates of religion and government; one is a personal doctrine, the latter is universal and public and should be blind to all religious beliefs.
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Robert, OH
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... foundation of the laws
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January 27,2004
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They were the foundation of the laws that govern us today. The anti-God folks out there need to know that the one they a fighting Loves them and died for them. He wants them to have peace and joy, but without Jesus they will never know.
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Jeff, TN
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... higher authority
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January 27,2004
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If for no other reason than to remind all those who walk through those doors that there is a higher authority than man. Maybe, just maybe it might leave a residue of humility on those that see it. We are no different than a child of a rich man who squanders his inheritance as if it was earned by him. The only thing that exceeds this generations ignorance,is its arrogance.
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Michael, NY
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... fair government cannot
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January 27,2004
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I fully believe that Justice Moore's religion is quite strong enough to survive a rule against overt public expression. Mine is. The problem is that fair government cannot be sustained if state-sponsored religious expression is tolerated. It is, of course, a matter of balance. There is a world of difference between the now benign 'In God We Trust' on coins and a 5000 pound Ten Commandments monument smack in the middle of a solemn government venue. I can only imagine how Justice Moore's monument might have intimidated a criminal defendant of different, but nonetheless deeply held, religious belief. This is something that the founding fathers recognized. While it is elementary that our legal system has its historical roots in Judeo-Christian values, Justice Moore's considerable efforts have been focused on advancing religion - not providing the public with a secular course in legal history. I would encourage Justice Moore to pursue his religious endeavors in another forum, and leave the public to observe religion - or not - as it desires, free of state suggestion or intimidation.
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Ben, GA
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... no place in a government
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January 27,2004
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A specific religious symbol has no place in a government building
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Mary, NY
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... OK in church, not government building
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January 27,2004
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OK in church, not government building
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John, MN
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... positive statement
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January 27,2004
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I see a monument to the Ten Commandments standing in a state courthouse as a positive statement of the values of our nation.
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Jim, TX
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... endorsement of religion
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January 27,2004
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Such a monument amounts to a government endorsement of religion, which is prohibited by the Constitution.
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Pam, MI
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... founded on Christianity
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January 27,2004
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This nation was founded on Christianity -why should we have to rip it out?
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Brian, MD
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... basing judgements
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January 27,2004
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It unfairly promotes one religion over others. In my opinion it also advocates that basing judgements on faith is better than basing them on scientific reasoning, which i disagree with.
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... not found on any legal
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January 27,2004
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"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religion but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We shall not fight alone. God presides over the destinies of nations."-Patrick Henry
These words say it all, along with the fact that the term "separation of church and state" is not found on any legal documents of US history.
God bless us all!
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Carol Lutz, NY
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... worship anywhere
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January 27,2004
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History records that our country was founded by those who came to escape persecution from their government. Our Constitution was constructed with that in mind. We have reversed that today and gone back to what our predecesors came to escape. America's people should always be able to worship anywhere without interference from the government - all religions equal!
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Carol Lutz, NY
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... all religions equal!
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January 27,2004
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History records that our country was founded by those who came to escape persecution from their government. Our Constitution was constructed with that in mind. We have reversed that today and gone back to what our predecesors came to escape. America's people should always be able to worship anywhere without interference from the government - all religions equal!
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Anne, MN
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... welcoming to all people
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January 27,2004
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Freedom of religion means that you will not get any religion shoved down your throat. Any and every public building should be equaly welcoming to all people. There is no room for personal preferences in religion. Many of our original white ancestors left Europe for freedom in ther choice in their religion. The blacks and native americans did not get the same choice. The people of our nation that is suppose to be free should not be forced to put up with with the right wing because they they have taken control of our government.
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Howard & G, TN
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... trying to change it
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January 27,2004
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It is important to preserve our nation's history. Many U.S. citizens living abroad honor & respect the foundations of the country where they live & would not dream of trying to change it or minimize the importance of the native's heritage. Why then should we permit politically-motivated disidents to reinterpret our past?
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Catherine, OH
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... I love it
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January 27,2004
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Yes I love it when I see that we havent left God out. & I love seeing it in the state courthouse.
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