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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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Natalie, NY
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... far removed from our fore fathers ... 
January 27,2004
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This statement is so far removed from what our fore fathers would have wanted. Why would you have the ten commandments in all government offices when this countries government 1)isn;t based at all on religion 2)When this is not a shared belief amongst the people. Is it really right to have this in government offices when not everyone shares this belief? This Government has prospered without the mention of god in the government. So why ruin a good thing?
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James, MI
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... freedom of relgion.
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January 27,2004
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Many immigrants who first came to America came due to religious persecution. I believe the founding fathers attempted to set up a Republic that allowed people to worship as they understood their relgious beliefs. I think it is wonderful to follow the teachings of my heart without direction by the government. The government should insure me the freedom of relgion.
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Ben, IN
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... freedom of relgion.
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January 27,2004
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America was founded on the freedom of relgion.
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Lorena, TX
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... freedom of religion not from religion.
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January 27,2004
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Of course the Ten Commandments should be displayed in couthouses. The law itself is based on them. The Constitution says freedom of religion not from religion.
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Eugene J., NY
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... we have been blessed
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January 27,2004
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In the long history of humankind we have been blessed with many forms of beliefs and the choice of no belief. To put any one into more prominent position than any other is Anti-American.
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Carl, VA
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... laws are made by man, not gods
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January 27,2004
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For better or worse, laws are made by man, not gods. Allowing religion in courtrooms provides cover for bad laws since it is god's will.
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Todd, VA
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... interpret the Constitution
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January 27,2004
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Judges as I see are there to interpret the Constitution and the laws not infuse their opinions and judgements with their personal religious beliefs. That's the fundamental reason behind the separation of church and state.
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Patricia, TN
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... every other religion or belief
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January 27,2004
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Then a monument to every other religion or belief should also be allowed to stand, side by side, in a Courthouse since the reference to the four references In the Declaration of Independence point to the Deist religion, not Christian.
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Dana, IN
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... should not control our government
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January 27,2004
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Government need not fear religious influence. Religion should not control our government and government should not restrict the expression of religion.
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Jeff, MD
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... check your Bible
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January 27,2004
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Ex-judge Roy Moore incorrectly identifies his monument as the ten commandments. Bear with me, and check your Bible. Exodus 34:26 describes the only set of stone tablets that were called "the ten commandments." Surprisingly to most Christians, the "Ten Commandments" are these: 1) Thou shalt worship no other God. 2) Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 3) The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. 4) Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest. 5) Thou shalt observe the feast of weeks. 6) Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the Lord God. 7) Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven. 8) Neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left until the morning. 9) The first of the firstfruits of thy land shalt thou bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. 10) Thou shalt not boil a young goat in his mother's milk.
Amazingly, there are no commandments against murder, lying, or adultery.
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Vernon, OH
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... Sooner or later everyone will see ...
January 27,2004
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Sooner or later everyone will see God as King and in total control.
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Felix, NJ
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... will eventually all be sorry
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January 27,2004
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If we continue to remove religion from our lives, public and private, we will eventually all be sorry.
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Heidi, PA
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... Why do people have a hard time dealing
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January 27,2004
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Our laws are based on the ten commandments. Why do people have a hard time dealing with this. If I don't like something, I don't look at it, don't buy it or turn it off. I'm in the world but I don't have to be of the world.
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Naomi, NE
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... should not become a cluttered bulletin board ...
January 27,2004
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While christianity is the current dominant majority faith, law should be available to all. To put religous monuments on government property, is to imply that the law favors those of that religion. Government should not become a cluttered bulletin board of monuments to all the faiths. Rather, we need to include all in our country, regardless of our faiths.
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Joe, NY
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... not ones religious beliefs
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January 27,2004
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I believe that there should be a total separaration of church & state. That all judgements should be based on the state/government's laws & rules, not ones religious beliefs.
As a practitioner of the pagan beliefs, and as a gay man, I would feel very uncomfortable knowing that someone is judging me by their religion, and not by the rules of the state/government.
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Dan, MN
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... would allow such monuments.
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January 27,2004
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Why not honor passages from other holy books such as the Q'ran, Torah, etc. in our public buildings?
I doubt the folks supporting the Ten Commandments would allow such monuments.
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Candace, NC
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... certainly not allow any posting
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January 27,2004
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I live in a very small town and while the town fathers would embrace the posting of the 10 Commandments, they would not tolerate the posting of key points from other faiths. They would certainly not allow any posting of philosophy from Humanistits, Wiccans, Atheists etc.
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Dan, MN
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... I doubt the folks
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January 27,2004
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Why not honor passages from other holy books such as the Q'ran, Torah, etc. in our public buildings?
I doubt the folks supporting the Ten Commandments would allow such monuments.
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Mark, TX
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... Founding Fathers said "of Nature's God
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January 27,2004
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There is no god. While our Founding Fathers said "of Nature's God" that is a statement from a Deist not Christian. Only Patrick was a Christian.
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Kathy & Ti, TN
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... cannot agree with these truths
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January 27,2004
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We think that if all people in our country cannot agree with these truths than our great country will disintegrate into chaos.
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