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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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Jorge Rome, AK
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... the concept of the God
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January 28,2004
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From the beganning of our Nation we subscribed to the concept of the God as discribed within the Bible,why than do we fault the display of the major precepts given by our God as written within this Bible?
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Wendy, WA
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... poison the minds
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January 28,2004
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There are plenty of churches and land for religious and people who are interested in seeking out religion have ample opportunity in this country. There is no reason to poison the minds of everyone who goes to the courthouse with the nonsense of an archaic moral code. We already have common sense morals supported and codified by our laws that supply cause and effect on a human level for right and wrongs in our society to be determined.
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Jean, WA
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... would be fine if all agreed
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January 28,2004
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The Ten Commandments would be fine if all agreed on exactly what the 10 are. The bible doesn't even number them or exactly state 10 separate commandments.
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S.m., TX
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... God is our creator.
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January 28,2004
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God is our creator.
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Devon Mcbr, NY
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... trial by jury
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January 28,2004
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Religion is all about fear, inhumanity, abuse. It is inherently antithetical to democracy, fairness, justice. That our constitution was founded on judeism or christ or whatever is nonesense. Our nation is founded on English common law, Greek democracy, and Roman republicanism. Where in this bible thing is there a trial by jury? Where is there a plebiscite? Where is there a senate or president? There isn't: just a bigoted raft of stonings, menstruation rituals, inane geneologies, and dull fairytails.
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Morris, CA
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... should be displayed
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January 28,2004
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Monuments to religious principles should be displayed in private home and house of worhip
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Carole Sla, NV
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... own nation's unanimous
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January 28,2004
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In God we trust is on our dollar bill! We are a nation that was built on our faith in God. If persons choose to live here and do not care to believe, that is their choice, but it is not our obligation to make their lives more important than our own nation's unanimous beliefs. I am Jewish. When it is Christmas, I enjoy hearing Christian songs celebrating the birth of Christ. For Chanukah I enjoy sharing Chanukah songs with my gentile friends. If Moslems, Buddhists, Hindus, etc. celebrate holidays differently, I'd be delighted to learn what they do. I would not appreciate being forced to celebrate anything, but exposure to different ways of living and believing is what makes America so very special. We are free to be, you and me...each unique and free to live and share who we are, what we believe and what we have to contribute in our free nation, under God. The ten commandments, no matter where they came from are moral guidelines suitable for all to live by. If one does not believe in those ethics, let them choose to live outside of our United States.
Thank you for giving me this opportunity to share my feelings. Sincerely,
Carole D. Slater
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Oswald E. , NV
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... freedom of speech
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January 28,2004
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If I would live in any other Country than United States of America, Muslim, Jewish,etc. I would not object either if they would have in their Courthouses any of their religious monuments displayed. It's in their Country and their beliefs which is OK with me. After all I have my beliefs, and they have their's.And that I call freedom of speech and belief's.
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David, CA
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... strong faith
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January 28,2004
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I have a strong faith which happens to be centered on one God, but I disagree with forcing one's religious beliefs on another. Therefore I believe in the seperation of Church and State, thus ensuring religious freedom.
Also in regards to the monument to the Ten Commandments, if the judge actually reads his own scriptures, he will see that his use of the monument is actually a form of putting a false god before the one he professes his belief.
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Angela, CA
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... freedom comes from God not man
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January 28,2004
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I agree with Judge Moore that our freedom comes from God not man.
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Bill, WA
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... opens the business of the courts
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January 28,2004
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The problem with displaying such a concrete example of religious belief opens the business of the courts to religious rather than legal interpretation.
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Ed, CA
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... given by God
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January 28,2004
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No one can keep the Ten, but they are given by God to show us that we need Jesus Christ as our payment of death, for our sins.
Jesus lives and will return someday.
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Mike, ID
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... museum instead of a courthouse ...
January 28,2004
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if u allow one religion's monument, then, it's only fair that u allow every other relgion's monument to b displayed. eventually, u end up w/ a museum instead of a courthouse. remember too that witchcraft & satanism r religions, & they have just as much right to practice theirs as u & i do, just as long as they don't infringe on other peoples rights.
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Naomi Zipk, CA
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... freedom from religion
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January 28,2004
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Freedom of religion means freedom from religion if that is an individual's choice.
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Lorraine, WA
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... strong moral basis
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January 28,2004
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Our country was founded on the principles in the 10 commandments. When we have no core moral code that we share, we become a people who do whatever feels good to me at the time, without consideration of how my behavior affects those around me. We need a strong moral basis for what we do.
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Troy, CA
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... cannot be trusted
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January 28,2004
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KNOW COMMANDMENTS, KNOW PEACE.
NO COMMANDMENTS,NO PEACE......
A person who believes in God will strive to live by these rules, a person who does not believe in God cannot be trusted to live by anyones rules.
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Julie, WA
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... should stand free
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January 28,2004
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Christianity was started here. Let the other religions go to their country and put up their own monuments. This is representing United Nations and it should stand free like we are.
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Susan, WA
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... profound tradition
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January 28,2004
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American law has a profound tradition rooted in christian ethics. For no other reason than this, the ten commandments have a place in our court houses and other federal buildings. This being said, I believe that as the culture of America is changed by the growth of other types of belief systems, our laws, our national culture, our history, and hence, what is displayed in and on our national buildings will change. If we have a culture that becomes dominated by muslim, hindu, or even satanic cultures, I believe their place in our history should also be recorded in our national sites.
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Ed, WA
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... never truly prosper
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January 28,2004
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The question assumes that there is a logical reason for allowing a monument to the ten commandments on government property. As I read the commandments, only two or three actually posit a rule of law. The rest of them are reliant on a superstitious assumption. Should monuments to other superstitions: Astrology, Moon gazing, tea leaf reading, etc, be allowed to be erricted on government property? I believe that a civilization will never truly prosper until it recognizes it's need to rid itself of all superstitions.
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Jeff, OR
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... under the guise of the separation
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January 28,2004
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The Ten Commandments are the foundation of law and are the ideal symbol of the law. Displaying the Ten Commandments in a court house is an affirmation that our laws are based on God's natural laws and not derived from power of man's institutions. The framers understood this. Having come from a history of individuals lives being ruthlessly controlled by rulers and kings they understood that man has certain unalienable rights that are derived from God not from government. The function of government is to operate under the laws of God. Today there is an effort to remove God from Government under the guise of the separation of church and state. This is not at all what the framers intended. In fact it is the opposite. Note that seperation of church and state is not mentioned in the Declaration of Independance, The Constitution or the Bill of Rights. Instead there is the anti-establishment clause to keep government out of the church not to keep the laws of God out or our Government. Further more it says that Congress is to pass no laws preventing the free exercise of Religion. Unfortunately, today it appears that those that are being appointed to uphold the laws of the land are woefully ignorant of them. WE are a nation of laws. If the laws that are the foundation of our society are allowed to reinterpreted, we are in danger of losing the protections that the Framers intended. In order for men to free they must be able to regulate themselves in a manner that is acceptable to our society. Without strong Christian values and a respect for law government will be forced to enact more laws in an effort to control society and alas we are no longer free. We cannot be all things to all people. We are living in the greatest nation the world has ever known because following the protestant reformation men wished to be free and established a new kind of government based on Christian values. To make it inclusive of all other views is to destroy it.
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