Well said.
Fallin Says 10 Commandments Will Stay Regardless of Courts Decision
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Well said.
Actually the 10 Commandments are not "Christian", they are "Judaic".
They were later adopted by Christianity and Agnostics and a few other sub sets of religion.
It is quite possible that even Islam observes part of them as they observe part of Judaism. Though getting them to admit such is probably like pulling hen's teeth.
The judges of any court are not there do the will of the people. They are there to see that the laws of the people are interpreted according to they way they are written by the people's representative in the legislative branch.,ie the house and senate. The executive branch ie the governor has NO dog in the hunt with any power. She just happens to be a nosy b**** that thinks she can do what ever she wants. This needs a vote of the people to change the constitution. That is how a democracy works.
Bible belt baby, bible belt. You, me, all of us live and breath in it daily.
You calling this a historical monument is a load of shite. They tried to sell that while putting it up and nobody bought it then either. Then you go on to say no other monuments (IYO) belong there. So you think no other religions have any place in Oklahoma, how telling. I would argue the Satanic monument has more relevance than any other. There's certainly a lot of evil in our state, and our government in particular.
The other two branches already acted.......they wrote/approved the legislation allowing the monument and then tried to defend it in court. the judicial branch said they were wrong.....but we need to give them time to act? I call ********.
If only this were reality. . .but, unfortunately, it isn't. Which is why I'm not opposed to Fallin's actions (and I'm far from a Fallin fan-boy).
It requires more imagination than I have to make the argument that this monument *establishes* a religion.
It is, however, a slippery precedent. On the flip side, why is it fine for liberal states/cities to routinely ignore court rulings but not okay for conservatives to do the same? We're getting screwed in the courts. . .so my long-standing support of Judicial review is slipping.
Heck, at the Federal level (I honestly don't know if the State constitution has it spelled out) the Courts don't even have the *authority* to call a law unconstitutional.
My ENTIRE point went right over your head. It's not about religion at all. The placement of this monument is not promoting, suggesting, mandating or any other term you might want to use that people have to believe a damn thing. It's about history whether you like it or not (or anybody else). The fact that "nobody bought it before" doesn't change reality. I'm not really sure how the suit even got before the Supreme Court in the first place unless they were just being PC, and that's not what the SC is for. IMO the 7 impeachments are justified because they didn't follow legal norms in reaching their decision. They just pulled it out of their a$$ or used precedence that somebody else pulled out of their a$$. I'm no fan of Contrary Mary but she got this one right. I don't base this on my religious beliefs either, it's strictly coming from a legal mindset.
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