Force said:
The bible says that we should obey authority..Until Morals and Ethics go out the window and it goes against principles and God.......Gods laws are ABOVE mans law. If people were to sit quiet and not do anything.....No Government would be changed and evil leaders would rule everywhere.....what do you think we did to the English so long ago. we resisted tyranny. Thats how we have this great nation, because a whole bunch of men stood up and said I and my families WILL NOT be opressed by you any longer! If something is wrong...you change it and stand up for your rights man! Don't be a pushover. Just because a court rules something this DOES NOT MAKE IT LAW!
AMEN!
Dobson: 'Imperious' Judiciary the Issue, Not 10 Commandments
Allie Martin and Jim Brown
Agape Press
(AgapePress) - One day after the granite Ten Commandments monument was
moved from the rotunda of the Alabama judicial building to "a private
storage area," more than a thousand supporters held a rally in hopes of
bringing it back into public view.
The supporters gathered in the noontime heat on Thursday on the steps of
the judicial building to show their support for Alabama Chief Justice
Roy Moore and the public display of the Ten Commandments -- and to
listen to Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family, who said he came to
the rally to encourage those in the battle.
Dobson said the battle is not about the Ten Commandments. "It is mostly
about the appointed but un-elected and non-accountable, arrogant,
imperious judiciary that is determined to shove their wishes down our
throats," the well-known pro-family leader said. "We need to go to the
Congress and we need to absolutely demand that they rein in this court."
Dobson told the crowd that secularists are twisting a simple phrase to
mean something the Founding Fathers never intended.
"The separation of church and state is not in the Constitution," he
pointed out. "They've had to contrive the basis for these things -- and
then they talk about them as though they were a fact. USA Today had a
whole write-up on the 'separation of church and state,' talking about
how the Constitution supports this or that. But it's not in there."
A poll in USA Today shows that 77% of Americans support the public
display of the Ten Commandments. But Dobson says opponents of Justice
Moore have used the "separation of church and state" argument to remove
God from the public square.
Alabama Governor Supports Moore, but...
Of the removal of the monument from the building's entryway, Moore said
it is "a sad day in our country when the moral foundation of our laws
and the acknowledgement of God has to be hidden from public view to
appease a federal judge." But Alabama Governor Bob Riley says the
monument had to be moved to comply with that federal order.
Governor Riley told Associated Press that the officials who arranged for
the monument to be moved did what they had to do.
"When it comes down to defying that order, then I and the attorney
general [Bill Pryor] think each one of the justices [who called for the
monument's removal] were right in their opinion," the governor said.
"We need to change the law if we disagree with it -- but until then we
have to abide by [it]."
Riley said he appreciates the views of Justice Moore, who has been
suspended, and will support him as far as the law allows. "I'm going to
continue in every way I can to support the judge and the ability for
anyone in any public office to continue to acknowledge God," he said.
"But on the other hand, this is also a nation of laws."
Political Aspirations and Implications
Some critics of Chief Justice Roy Moore have said he has political
aspirations -- and for that reason, is making a stand regarding the Ten
Commandments monument he had installed in the judicial building two
years ago. A political science professor in Alabama believes most
residents in the state support the chief justice -- and would elect him
governor or U.S. senator, should he decide to run.
In an Associated Press interview, Professor Natalie Davis says Moore
stands to benefit politically from the controversy surrounding the
monument. "The cynic in me and the political scientist who follows
public opinion tells me that three-quarters of the people are with Judge
Moore. He is going to ride the tablets [a reference to the Ten
Commandments] to some other office," Davis says.
"He may be removed by our Judicial Inquiry Commission, but that will
only redound to his benefit."
Davis, an instructor at Birmingham-Southern College, says the
opportunity is there for Moore if he wants it. "We have a U.S. Senate
seat coming up in 2004 [and] the governorship will be up in 2006. I
really believe that he will be on the ballot -- and he will be a very
strong candidate."
According to the political science professor, Moore has strong public
support, a national base, and is "very electable."
Davis says while those who support Moore may not be "passionate" about
traveling to Montgomery, Alabama, to show that support, they still side
with him on the issue -- "and to the extent that they do, he's got no
problems when it comes to name recognition. And he has no problems
raising money."
Meanwhile, the issue has worked its way into the political realm in
neighboring Mississippi, where both gubernatorial candidates have said
they want the Ten Commandments monument if Alabama doesn't. Democratic
Governor Ronnie Musgrove said he would display it in the Capital for a
week, then sent it on the road to other state capitals. His Republican
opponent, Haley Barbour, stated he would be happy to display it in the
Governor's Mansion.
© Agape Press
Associated Press contributed to this story.
We want you to have equal footing, that's why Christianity needs to take a little step back out of Government. I think you forget that at least half of the non-Christians in America practiced the Christians faith at some point and rejected it. We rejected the concept of sin, we rejected the need for a savior from said sin and instead worship Divinities that do not hold eternal damnation over our head. My Goddess is the Mother of all things and Her love is poured out upon the earth. She has no need or desire for sacrifice nor is She a jelouse God.
I'm iambic pentameterly challenged. 
A fault that I must ask forgivness for. 
