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Tuesday, 16 May 2000 0:02 (ET)

Ga. county sued over seal


AUGUSTA, Ga., May 15 (UPI) -- The American Civil Liberties Union filed a
lawsuit against a Georgia county on Monday, objecting to what it says is an
image of the Ten Commandments on the county's Superior Court seal.

The center of the Richmond County Superior Court seal has a drawing of
what appears to be two stone tablets with Roman numerals I through X. The
tablets are punctured by a sword.

ACLU attorney Gerald Weber said the seal sends the message that Richmond
County is a Judeo-Christian county. "Government is supposed to be a place
for all people," he said.

Weber said his organization has received complaints that the symbol
endorses a particular religion, violating the constitutional separation of
church and state.

The seal, which is used to certify court documents, has been in use for at
least 130 years, said attorney James Ellison, whose law firm represents the
county government.

The ACLU maintains that using a religious emblem like the Ten Commandments
in an official public seal violates the First Amendment.

Ellison said there is no evidence that the tablets are intended to be the
Ten Commandments. Some have suggested that the tablets represent the Bill of
Rights -- the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

In a letter to Ellison complaining about the seal, Weber wrote that it
"depicts text inscribed on stone tablets -- precisely the medium chosen by
God to deliver the Ten Commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai."


See also http://www.thefiringline.com:8080/forums/showthread.php?threadid=26498

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Slowpoke Rodrigo...he pack a gon...

I voted for the Neal Knox 13

I'll see you at the TFL End Of Summer Meet!
 
Interestingly enough, the Ten Commandments are inscribed above the chamber of the Supreme Court. Wonder why the ACLU doesn't go after those?

Gutless pukes.
 
Contrary to what a majority of people might believe, there is no such thing as seperation of church & state. If you read the original docuement, it says that Congress shall not establish a national religion. I don't think that having the Ten Commandments on a state seal even comes close to establishing a national religion. I'm not Jewish but I don't have a problem with the Star of David being on the back of the one dollar bill -- maybe they'll want to change that too. I think people need to lighten up a little bit.
 
The ACLU is also after the State of Ohio because their State Seal includes the Motto: "With God, all things are possible".

If the ACLU wins that battle, that motto will apparently be too true for all the wrong reasons.

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If you're not a little upset with the way the world is going, you're not paying attention.
 
Well, why would they stop there?

And every minted monies state, "In God we Trust". Everyone else it's cash.

Or how about this one, "Raise your right hand, and repeat after me, "I do solemly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God".

I wonder how many ACLU legal beagles have used that to bind a witness to not perjur themselves?

Bunch of damn hypocrites.

Best regards,
Don

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The most foolish mistake we could make would be to allow the subjected people to carry arms; history shows that all conquerers who have allowed their subjected people to carry arms have prepared their own fall.
Adolf Hitler

[This message has been edited by Donny (edited May 17, 2000).]
 
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