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2008-08-01 09:34:45 UTC
SOURCE: EXCERPT Journal of Church and State Volume 50 Spring 2008 Number
2, * Notes on Church-State Affairs David W. Hendon and Charles
McDaniel 393
Another Ten Commandments Case: The U.S. Supreme Court decided in April to
hear yet another case involving the display of the Ten Commandments on
government property. This case from Pleasant Grove, Utah, stems from the
decision of a federal appeals court that a public park in the city that
displays a privately donated Ten Commandments monument must also display
the Seven Aphorisms of the Summum, the foundational tenets of a faith
tradition that was started by a former member of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-Day Saints. The American Center for Law and Justice, founded by
Pat Robertson, has weighed in on the matter and, despite its traditional
support for individual religious expression, the organization is supporting
the right of the city of Pleasant Grove to reject the display of the Seven
Aphorisms based on the fact that the location for the display is a publicly
funded park and thus constitutes "government speech" and not private
speech.
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS ยท Historical Reality SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
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. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
. . .
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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
*****************************************************************
THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
****************************************************************
2, * Notes on Church-State Affairs David W. Hendon and Charles
McDaniel 393
Another Ten Commandments Case: The U.S. Supreme Court decided in April to
hear yet another case involving the display of the Ten Commandments on
government property. This case from Pleasant Grove, Utah, stems from the
decision of a federal appeals court that a public park in the city that
displays a privately donated Ten Commandments monument must also display
the Seven Aphorisms of the Summum, the foundational tenets of a faith
tradition that was started by a former member of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-Day Saints. The American Center for Law and Justice, founded by
Pat Robertson, has weighed in on the matter and, despite its traditional
support for individual religious expression, the organization is supporting
the right of the city of Pleasant Grove to reject the display of the Seven
Aphorisms based on the fact that the location for the display is a publicly
funded park and thus constitutes "government speech" and not private
speech.
***************************************************************
You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS ยท Historical Reality SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
***************************************************************
. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
. . .
****************************************************************
USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
*****************************************************************
THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
****************************************************************