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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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Dick, CA
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... there are only two
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January 28,2004
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As I read the ten commandments, there are only two that seem at all relevant to American life and American law.
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Emebet, LA
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... KEEP IT IN
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January 28,2004
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with out it why not kill?
or still or sleep with anyone but your wife or husband?
KEEP IT IN now and for coming
genaration.
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Steve, NJ
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... was clearly an expression
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January 28,2004
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There are a few facts missing from the supporting arguments for Roy Moore’s actions: While Roy Moore cited the Alabama constitution’s requirement to acknowledge God as a justification for his actions, be never mentions the Alabama constitution’s retirement not to prefer one religious sect over another. Judge Moore’s refused to allow additions to the rotunda monument by others. (The proposed addition of quotations by Martin Luther King were to be placed on a wall far removed from the central display). This was clearly an expression of Judge Moore’s preference for his own religion over others, and was not an acknowledgement of God, in violation of his sworn duty to support the Alabama constitution. Also, the James Madison quotation cited by Judge Moore’s supporters in this forum is a fabrication: It can not be located in any of Madison’s writings and there is no record of him ever saying it. The writers of the Federal Constitution created the First Amendment to protect all the religions of the nation, not just their own. Judge Moore and his supporters are use false quotations and self-righteous judgments to deny other Americans the freedoms they expect for themselves. This does not acknowledge God so mach as it reveals them for what they are: haters of the religious diversity in America today and anxious to impose uniformity on anyone who is different from them through the force of the law.
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Sandra, WV
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... NO PROBLEM
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January 28,2004
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SINCE THE TEN COMANDMENTS ARE THE BASIS FOR ALL OF OUR LAWS I DO NOT SEE WHY EVERYONE IS CONSIDERING IT STRICTLY A RELIGIOUS SYMBOL. I SEE NO PROBLEM WITH IT BEING DISPLAYED IN ANY COURTHOUSE SETTING.
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Eduardo, NY
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... forced to interact
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January 28,2004
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Religious monuments belong in places of worship. I'm Christian, and wouldn't want to find a Hebrew or Buddhist monument in public buildings. I shouldn't be forced to interact with something I find offensive.
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Jeff, TX
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... shoudn't take sides
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January 28,2004
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The 10 Commandments begin with "I am the lord thy god." The government shoudn't take sides on a person's choice of gods.
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Sonya, ME
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... face the Truth
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January 28,2004
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Sometimes it's hard for people to face the Truth in front of their eyes. They don't want to see themselves as they really are. Sad.
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Darras, TX
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... important to be there
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January 28,2004
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I believe it was James Madison who said "the 10 commandments is the bedrock on which our republican stands" so if thats the case the 10 commandments has to stay. the founding father not only would have wanted it to stay, but found it important to be there.
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Ed Sloan, NC
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... Read the Bible
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January 28,2004
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History shows us that when we turn away God and the Bible, our nation and culture will fall. The United States is beginning to look like Sodom and Gomorrah. Read the Bible and you will see what happens when people turn their backs on their Creator.
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Jack, WA
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... clear distinction
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January 28,2004
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There is a need to keep any religious issues or emblems out of government. There is a clear distinction between the two. America allows all religions to practice their faiths but they should not be intregated into the government.
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Jorge, FL
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... freedom of speech issue.
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January 28,2004
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If the 10 Commandments should be allowed to be displayed in public, then I believe that Marx's The Communist Manifesto should as well. After all, if I were a communist and my communism was based on some sort of deeply held conviction, not to display it would be a first amendment religious/freedom of speech issue.
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Jerry, MI
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... lack of order
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January 28,2004
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Dear PBS,
There would be a lack of order without the Ten Commandments. We have based our social values on the Ten since the begging of our country. Without which we would be no different than any communist country ie: Cuba
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Norma Jean, MI
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... literal interpretation
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January 28,2004
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The program and this statement missed the main issue: do the citizens of the U.S.A. want their laws to reflect a literal interpretation of the Christian bible? It's about more than the Ten Commandments display. It's about whether or not evolution is taught in the school science classes or whether creationism is. It's about WHICH version of Christianity is acknowledged in public life, if a religion is to be acknoledged. Many Christians and Catholics do not interpret the bible literally and so accept evolution. Also, it's about whether or not a human being (a "person") exists at the moment a sperm fertilizes an ovum. It's about whether or not we proceed based on rationality, verifiable facts and experience or mysticism. No other creation myth is given any credibility at all, but there are many and the people who believe them have no credibility, either. In the long run, governments favoring one religion or another has been bad for the government, the religion and the citizens.
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Bill, CA
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... not belong in any of our laws
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January 28,2004
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Absolutely not! Apart from the fact that references to anyone's deity do not belong in any of our laws, pledges, mottos, public schools, etc., enshrining specific religious tenets in the highest court of the state would quite legitimately cause one to wonder whether he or she was being judged by the law or by someone's interpretation of specific religious beliefs.
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Professor, OT
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... remove the monument
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January 28,2004
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I agree with the actions of the state of Alabama to remove the monument from their state courthouse.
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Jon, VT
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... truth and justice
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January 28,2004
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Having the Ten Commandments displayed in a courthouse makes that courthouse appear biased to those not of the same religion, wether it does or does not no one truely knows. When I think courthouse I think truth and justice, not personal belief.
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Brian Walk, OR
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... TAKEN DOWN AS WELL ...
January 28,2004
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WE HAVE PAGAN SYMBOLS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES SHOULD WE DEMAND THAT THOSE BE TAKEN DOWN AS WELL ?
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Sibyl, NE
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... included in my government
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January 28,2004
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I beleive that in as much as all religions share equally in the sanctified killing of women that I really do not want any part of them to be included in my government nor any of its leaders.
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Steven, MI
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... majority of US is Christian
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January 28,2004
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When I visit a friend, I dont tell him what to do in his home. By far, majority of US is Christian and also based on Christianity. "Foreign religions" should respect "our home" as we Christians do of theirs.
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Richard, NH
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... does not violate
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January 28,2004
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The following is the first amendment in its entirety. You will see that a monument to the Ten Commandments in a state courthouse does not violate it.
Bill of Rights
Amendment I
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.
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