Friday, August 18, 2006

Judge Rules for Ten Commandments Monument

U.S. District Judge Ronald White has ruled in favor of Haskell County's Ten Commandments monument remaining on the courthouse lawn in Stigler, Oklahoma.

Last May, as the Judge was making closing remarks in this case, he ridiculed my expert opinion report quoting this sentence:

"The monument serves as advance notice that the successful struggle to secure equal respect under the law for persons of all minority faith traditions is in danger of being reversed."
then Judge White said, "That is for me to decide."

Judge White has decided.

Now you decide.

Is the Haskell County Ten Commandments monument Oklahoma's Monument to American Theocracy?

I'll have Dr. Randall Balmer, who provided expert testimony against Roy Moore's Ten Commandments monument in Alabama as a guest on my radio program Sunday morning. Tune into KREF radio Sunday morning at 11:00 AM CST and see whether he thinks this case will pass constitutional muster under appeal.

2 comments:

Monk-in-Training said...

Did they at least fix the mispelled restriction on committing adultry? (adultery)

I had to blog on this, just saddens me

Looney said...

I am always puzzled at this. The Ten Commandments are common to three major religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Most other religions are polytheistic, so a conflict is hard to identify. The atheists yell about being offended, but this doesn't make any sense to me: If you are angry about God, then presumably you believe in Him.