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Reply to "Bill Gray--Dead Wrong about the ACLU!"

Originally Posted by Bestworking:

Heres your "ten commandment" story:

 

MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Haskell County, demanding that a Ten Commandments monument be removed from the courthouse grounds in Stigler.

Haskell County commissioners had no immediate comment on the lawsuit.

It alleges the display violates constitutional protections against government endorsement of religion and entanglement of government with religion.

The ACLU brought the complaint on behalf of Jim Green, a retired veteran and a longtime resident of Haskell County. He objects to the monument because he believes the display violates the U-S Constitution and trivializes religion.

The 8-foot, $2,500 monument was funded by efforts of Stigler-area residents and church members. It was erected last November after approval from the Haskell County Commission.Source

Notice a few things here. It was not funded by the government, it was a gift paid for by the area residents. I’m assuming since the residents paid for it, that the majority wish for it remain. But this one guy who is offended is more important to the ACLU. I predict this one gets shot down if the community stands up for their rights.

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You miss the point badly. The monument provided by the private citizen was accepted by GOVERNMENTAL officialdom.  It was placed in a public (GOVERNMENT) building "...after approval from the Haskell County Commission" (a unit of GOVERNMENT).

 

The private sources of the funding for that monument do not launder it into conformity with the First Amendment. Judge Roy Moore paid for his 5280-pound 10 Commandments monument out of his private funds, but that did not make it legal for him to place it in the Judiciary Building. He lost his case big time, as you should recall.

 

The ACLU is right and they will win the Oklahoma case hands down, since there is very considerable judicial precedent supporting their case.  Those Okies from Muskogee are on the losing side.

 

The fact that in Muskogee "the majority wish for it to remain" is irrelevant.  The Bill of Rights protects the rights of minorities; it was not drafted to defend majority community religious preferences.  

 


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