A panel of three George W. Bush appointees unanimously agreed that the Ten Commandments monument on the courthouse lawn in Stigler, Oklahoma is unconstitutional. It would be hard to assemble a more conservative group of jurists.
Still, the elected officials of Haskell County Oklahoma have decided to appeal that decision. They are asking for an "en banc" hearing in which all twelve of the judges at the Ten Circuit Court of Appeals render a verdict.
The facts in this case are compellingly against Haskell County. Sooner or later, the people in that county are going to have to ackowledge that their attempt to have their local government endorse the majoritarian faith of their community violates the First Amendment of the Constitution.
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Colon
10 hours ago
2 comments:
Amen.
There's lots of people at my church in Tulsa always talking about how the Christians are under attack in Oklahoma and things like this monument in Haskell County and a similar monument at the State Capital are very important to fight back.
I tell them that they are off their rockers. There is nobody attacking them here.
I don't get it.
Go rent a billboard if you believe public display of the Ten Commandments is so important. Oh? Money? I'm sure that won't be a problem as there must be a lot of who'll contribute for years. Oh? Well just practice them yourselves and we'll have a better world.
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