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Kentucky Upholds Ten Commandments

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Ah, the state o' me birth... Always does me proud, it do...

The article in the Louisville Courier Journal is here:

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051221/NEWS01/512210407

Actually, on quick review, I'm not sure it's a bad decision (the 10Cs were put up in the courthouse in 2001 simultaneous with displays of the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the words to the national anthem, and undefined other stuff.

Kentucky had two rulings earlier this years ruling 10C displays unconstitutional (in two different counties), but the setting of the displays were apparently different. Google McCreary and Pulaski counties for more info.

Actually, the real reason this caught my eye is that this finding is on the front page of the paper (it is the primary newspaper for most of Kentucky and southern Indiana) above the fold.

the Dover School Board ID case is also mentioned on the front page, but below the fold.
 
"It's unfortunate that a federal court would go out of its way to speak disparagingly of any group before it," said Sam Marcosson, a University of Louisville law professor who has cooperated with the ACLU in an unrelated case.

He said it's one thing to criticize a group's position as "wrong-headed" but another to launch a personal attack.
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So I guess "breathtaking inanity" and calling one side a bunch of liars would be right out?
 
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Garrette said:
Ah, the state o' me birth... Always does me proud, it do...

The article in the Louisville Courier Journal is here:

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051221/NEWS01/512210407

Actually, on quick review, I'm not sure it's a bad decision (the 10Cs were put up in the courthouse in 2001 simultaneous with displays of the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the words to the national anthem, and undefined other stuff.

Kentucky had two rulings earlier this years ruling 10C displays unconstitutional (in two different counties), but the setting of the displays were apparently different. Google McCreary and Pulaski counties for more info.

Actually, the real reason this caught my eye is that this finding is on the front page of the paper (it is the primary newspaper for most of Kentucky and southern Indiana) above the fold.

the Dover School Board ID case is also mentioned on the front page, but below the fold.
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I was hoping for this. The version they put up is the KJV. Catholics reject that version. You can tell from the second commandment where the KJV rambles on about "graven images", and nobody does graven images better than the papists.

This is clearly taking a side and I hope the Spanish Inquisition descends upon them.
 
Hmmm,

He criticized the organization for arguing that the First Amendment mandates a "wall of separation between church and state."

"Our nation's history is full of governmental acknowledgment and in some cases accommodation of religion," the judge wrote.

Friedman declined to respond to those criticisms, saying only that he disagrees with the court's legal reasoning.

But one supporter of the ACLU called the ruling's language inappropriate.

"It's unfortunate that a federal court would go out of its way to speak disparagingly of any group before it," said Sam Marcosson, a University of Louisville law professor who has cooperated with the ACLU in an unrelated case.

He said it's one thing to criticize a group's position as "wrong-headed" but another to launch a personal attack.
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Is the judge trying to say that claiming there's any such thing as seperation between church and state is the claim of athiest poopy-heads?
 
Ed said:
I was hoping for this. The version they put up is the KJV. Catholics reject that version. You can tell from the second commandment where the KJV rambles on about "graven images", and nobody does graven images better than the papists.

This is clearly taking a side and I hope the Spanish Inquisition descends upon them.
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Well, basically any cross with a Jesus figure on it breaks that commandment.
 
Belz... said:
Well, basically any cross with a Jesus figure on it breaks that commandment.
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Which is why catoliks use a Crucifix not a Cross.

I tell ya, my ancestors didn't give their lives in the wars of religion so that a bunch of blasphamous schismatics could parade around their godless tripe on public walls. If you want ten commandments you have to use the right ones otherwise it is heresy.
 
Oh my Ed. Just realized that I grew up Catholic and--while Catholics traditionally have great parties--we tend to lose all the schisms and civil wars.

Drat.
 
Garrette said:
Oh my Ed. Just realized that I grew up Catholic and--while Catholics traditionally have great parties--we tend to lose all the schisms and civil wars.

Drat.
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You can't win when there is a schism, you can only co-opt it. That is why God invented Jesuits. Plus we win the art war. Plus the pope has the snappiest hats.
 
Actually, I think that goes to the Eastern Orthodox fellas. Them's some impressive hats, and they have the beards to go with them.

Sort of a religious ZZ Top.

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ranson said:
Actually, I think that goes to the Eastern Orthodox fellas. Them's some impressive hats, and they have the beards to go with them.

Sort of a religious ZZ Top.

Edited for grammaticaliciousness.
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They are pretty cool, plus, like denmark, they get the greek state to support them. I will say that some middle eastern Jews have VERY snappy yarmoulkas. But, all that said, the popes is tallest and if you were to have a fight he could do some major damage.
 
Think how a few electric guitars would liven up the mass!

'Every greek crazy for a sharp-dressed man...'
 
Hey, Bhuddism not only has temples, it has scenic ruins. Scenic ruins are tough to beat.
 
ImaginalDisc said:
Hey, Bhuddism not only has temples, it has scenic ruins. Scenic ruins are tough to beat.
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Yeah but well armed catholics can pillage them and take them to rome and connecticut and places like that. What are they gonna do? Om you?
 
Crap, and the week was going so well. I guess I'll have to take consolation in the fact that if you put the Ten Commandments next to the Bill of Rights, you can see how they conflict. "Judeo-Christian principles," my achin' a$$.
From the Courier-Journal article:
Judge Richard Suhrheinrich's ruling said the ACLU [...] does not represent a "reasonable person."
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Speaking as a card-carrying member, [rule 8] you too, judge.
 
Ed said:
I was hoping for this. The version they put up is the KJV. Catholics reject that version. You can tell from the second commandment where the KJV rambles on about "graven images", and nobody does graven images better than the papists.
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"Graven images" doesn't just refer to religious images. Any photograph or film qualifies, so I don't think there are many Christians that take that seriously. And how many Christians refuse to do work on Saturday?
 
Art Vandelay said:
"Graven images" doesn't just refer to religious images. Any photograph or film qualifies, so I don't think there are many Christians that take that seriously. And how many Christians refuse to do work on Saturday?
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Not many, since for most Christians, the sabbath is on Sunday.

Damned Adventist rebels.
 
Huh? How does that work? "Hey, God, I realize that you declared Saturday to be the sabbath, but we've been talking it over, and that just doesn't work for us. We've decided to move it to Sunday." Are there seriously Christians who think the sabbath is on Sunday?
 
Art Vandelay said:
Huh? How does that work? "Hey, God, I realize that you declared Saturday to be the sabbath, but we've been talking it over, and that just doesn't work for us. We've decided to move it to Sunday." Are there seriously Christians who think the sabbath is on Sunday?
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I.....always thought most of the Protestant ones did. If the sabbath is Saturday, why do they go to church on Sunday?

Well, all I know is that the Pentecostals and Baptists I grew up with thought Sunday was the sabbath.
 
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