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To: TimF who wrote (91205)	12/18/2004 4:05:48 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793735

A third of the country might be pretty religious but they are not all a bunch of raving fundamentalists that don't care about the constitution. I find it easier to judge people by what they do than what they think. What people are DOING is driving Religion off the public places. I don't see the opposite happening. That used to be fine by me. But I think it has gone too far.

To: TimF who wrote (91205)	12/18/2004 6:29:52 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793735

IMHO the Constitution doesnt need changed, what needs CHANGED is the Liberal Courts INTERPRETATION of the Constitution. I would like someone to show me ONE PLACE in the Constitution that FORBIDS a manger scene in a public square, a cross in the emblem for Los Angeles, a statue of the ten commandments in a courthouse or any of the other PREPOSTOROUS recent rules against those displays. jdn

To: TimF who wrote (91205)	12/18/2004 8:39:55 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793735

Did you see this one? Judge Wears Ten Commandments Robe in Courtroom by Keith Peters, Washington, D.C, correspondent Did jurist create "a distraction"—or make a statement? A judge in Alabama caused quite a commotion this week when he showed up in court wearing a judicial robe with the Ten Commandments embroidered on it. According to The Associated Press, Judge Ashley McKathen showed up in his Covington County, Ala., courtroom wearing the robe. The next day, he refused to delay a trial when attorney Riley Powell objected to it. Powell said the robe created a distraction that affected his client. Robert Boston, a spokesman for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said Judge McKathen is opening the door to a challenge. "Obviously this judge is trying to make a statement, but I think, in the long term, he's doing justice a disservice by doing this controversial action," Boston said. But former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore praised McKathen and said calling the Ten Commandments "a distraction" is ridiculous. "It's no more a distraction than the plaque of the Ten Commandments at the United States Supreme Court or (saying) 'God save the honorable court' when they open the federal district courts," Moore said. Gary Bauer, president of American Values, said assuming there are no restrictions on what a judge can wear in his courtroom, there's nothing constitutionally wrong with what McKathen did. "If anything, it signals that here is a judge that understands the roots of the civilization that he is an arbiter of justice in," Bauer said. "So, as a client in his courtroom, I would be encouraged by such a judge rather than discouraged." Attorney Powell, meanwhile, said if his client loses in court, he expects the robe issue to be a part of his appeal.