Pledge of allegiance law

[Lord Nepenthean]

There have been instances of that happening, yes.  Just last year there was a courthouse in Alabama (I think) that had them up.  People complained, and it ended up going all the to the Supreme Court, where they ordered the justice who had them put there to remove them.  He kept refusing and refusing and refusing.  (Anybody surprised what state this happened in?)  I think they finally got the commandments removed from the building, but I kind of stopped following the story because I got sick of nobody doing anything about it.  I'm not sure what happened to the justice, but he was refusing to remove them, fully aware of the legal consequences to disobeying the high courts.

[Izret101]

I just heard about this on the news today...wierd.
Anyways, the case so far has cost $300,000 and the guy doesnt have enough money to fight it anymore so i guess the commandment are coming down.
This was in Georgia btw.

[Odonadon]

That's right.  Court battles are won by the people with the most money.  Something else that makes perfect sense.

OD

[Lord Nepenthean]

Well, that's pretty stupid anyway.  $300,000 to try to fight something you know you'll lose in the end anyway?  Why?  If you're that obsessed with the ten commandments, why not build yourself a new house in the shape of two stone tablets and paint the words on the front?  At least then you'd be a little more fun to laugh at.

[Antimind]

They just ruled on the 10 commandments displayed at our courthouse:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04281/391760.stm

[Lord Nepenthean]

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia said the plaque doesn't violate the constitutional separation of church and state. Its decision upholds a district judge's ruling in July 2003, which found the plaque didn't endorse any religion.

Saying it can stay because of historical reasons may make some sense, but trying to say that the Ten Commandments don't endorse any particular religion is rather misleading.  Maybe it doesn't point out Christianity specifically since they are part of Jewish scripture as well, but c'mon now.  The Ten Commandments are religious and that's that.

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

I just wonder.
Do you people care if there's a plauqe with the ten commandments on it that much? It doesn't affect you in any way.

[Zimbacca]

Amen!

[Izret101]

I could really care less. BNut it is the government breaking its own laws is the big thing. It is essentially hippocrasy.

[Lord Nepenthean]

No, it doesn't matter to me that much, but it would be better if the judges said something like, "It can stay because nobody fives a guck," rather than this bullshit about it not being religious.  Now, when Politicians start writing things like "In the year of our Lord" into laws, that bugs me just a tad.  If I became a politician and wrote "In the year of our Lord, Satan," I think people would get pretty upset.  G.W., John Kerry, and so many others on Capitol Hill need to recognize the fact that America is NOT a Christian state.

[Arrrhalomynn]

I would care, but they won't allow nonsense like that here. Just like the pathetic swearing you'll tell the truth on a bible. What kind of lunatic nonsense is that?

[Zimbacca]

The government goes against its own laws allot here.

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

When the country started, it was big buisness to swear on the bible and by now it's a tradition, albeit a stupid one.

[Hydrobond]

http://www.unoriginal.co.uk/gallerymisc40.html

[Izret101]

Funnier than that is the screensaver link at the bottom of the page. Swimsuit model or kittens. You decide.