Dear Editor,
It was nice to see the two viewpoints in the Constitution vs. Commandments article, but the support for the Ten Commandments seemed somewhat harsh and improperly defended.
Just as Chief Justice Roy Moore labeled his enemies as “anti-God,” Seth labeled the Pro-Constitution people as “secular obstructionists: that were violating the law. It’s interesting that Moore is the person charged with breaking the law for the promotion of a religious doctrine, not the people that Seth accused of breaking the law.
Calling those who are trying to have the Ten Commandments in the courthouse removed “law breakers” is outrageous.
It was Moore that had the monument snuck into the courthouse at midnight, and Moore that had already been in trouble for displaying a wooden plaque of the Ten Commandments.
It was also Moore who has not removed the monument after U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson declared it unconstitutional back in 2001.
It’s also Moore who has made faithful religious people prepare to oppose the law and risk being arrested. This doesn’t sound like a moral and responsible person, especially one for people of the Christian religion to stand behind.
Back in 2002, Moore had turned down a request to place an atheist monument in the state building. Moore had then said he wouldn’t accept a Hindu, Buddhist or Islamic monument.
His reasoning was that our justice system wasn’t based on these religions.
It may be true that the Constitution is a written contract that was voted upon by both Christians and deists, but they were politically left against the church society that they fled from. And, as the article pointed out, the Federalist papers were only papers that the Constitution was formed from. They aren’t official U.S. law.
Federalist Papers No. 80 states, “The States, by the plan of the convention, are prohibited from doing a variety of things, some of which are incompatible with the interests of the union.”
Here the Papers were stating that the Federal government could overturn situations that were contrary to the future Constitution.
The Ten Commandments clearly respect the religion of Christianity, which the Constitution doesn’t allow. For Moore to say that he will allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed since they are apart of the core religion that founded this country (Christianity), and then say it refers to God and isn’t of any specific religion seems totally ridiculous.
It should be hoped that if this incident is brought before the Supreme Court, it should be to defend all religions and create equality for people of all religious persuasions.
Vincent Whitright

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