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THE RAW TRUTH ABOUT THE ALABAMA10 COMMANDMENTS CONTROVERSY

First of all ... The e-mail staff has forwarded a number of messages from you folks telling me that in "no way" does the posting of the Ten Commandments in the Alabama Judicial Building violate the restrictions of the First Amendment.  I disagree.

Chief Justice Roy Moore put that monument with the Ten Commandments on state property to, in his own words, acknowledge that the State of Alabama derives its legal code from God, from the Christian religion.  Yesterday, in a piece written for The Wall Street Journal, Moore said that the federal judge who has ordered the monument's removal is "telling the state of Alabama that it may not acknowledge God."  Which God, Mr. Moore?  Allah?  Buddha?  Zeus?  Most rational people know which God Moore is referring to.  It's the God worshiped in the Christian Church.  The Christian God who gave the Ten Commandments to Moses.  Moore wants the State of Alabama to recognize this particular God, and that's why that monument was placed in the judicial building.  Most rational people can see that this effectively, at least in Roy Moore's mind, establishes Christianity as the official religion of the State of Alabama .

Let's get on to the larger issue here.

What is it about some Christians in this country that drives them to try to push their religious beliefs into the fabric of our government?  It's not just about the Ten Commandments in a government building; it's also about prayer in government schools.

The purpose of government is not to promote or even to recognize any religious belief.  The purpose of government is to make sure that every citizen is allowed to pursue their religious faith freely and without either limitation, intimidation or coercion from any other person.

If you believe, as I do, that the Ten Commandments are divinely inspired then you are perfectly free to make as many copies as you desire and post them where you can see them virtually all day.  Tape them to the walls in every room of your home and onto the dashboard of your car.  Print them on a card in your wallet and, if your employer doesn't object (after all, it's his property, not yours) post them on your office wall.  You can recite them when you get up in the morning, and again before you go to bed at night.  Who knows?  If you're pure and righteous enough, you may even bring yourself to live by them!  You and you fellow church members are also free to have the Ten Commandments in every single room of your church.  You can arrive at church an hour early every Sunday and just sit there and stare at them.

Why, then, is it so important for you to have them posted in a government building? Are you going to stop by the Alabama Judicial Building every day to gaze at the Ten Commandments?  I dare say that most of the people who are supporting Roy Moore in Alabama never ventured down to that judicial building until this controversy erupted.

OK ... Now I'll answer my own question.  I know why this is so important to you.  It's the same reason why prayer in government schools is important.  It's not for you, is it?  You have your own Ten Commandments at home, and you make sure your kids pray at home too.  It's for those other people, isn't it?  It's for all of those people who don't get the same exposure to the Ten Commandments and to prayer that you do.  You can't reach them in their homes.  You can't force them to go to church.  You can't take control of their car radio for a morning sermon. So ... get them when they walk into a government building!  Get the children to pray in the government school, and put those Ten Commandments right there in the lobby of that government building where everybody who enters has to see them.

Now ... for those of you who don't believe that the real issue here is forcing others to recognize Christian dogma, just take a look at some of those signs people are waving behind Roy Moore the next time he steps up to a bank of microphones.  That ought to convince you.

COME ON NEAL, YOU'RE NOT SERIOUS, ARE YOU?

Yes, I am.  I absolutely want Democrat Cruz Bustamante to win the election in California .  Bustamante's solution to the current California budget crisis is to raise taxes ... on the rich.  The evil, hated, wicked, nasty, crooked rich.  This is basic Democratic Party mantra,

Republican candidate Peter Ueberroth has some interesting statistics for those of you who think this "tax the rich" thing is such a good idea.  In 2001 there were 44,000 taxpayers in California reporting incomes of $1,000,000 or more.  One year later there are only 29,000.   In 2000 millionaires paid $15 billion in California income taxes.  That was 37% of the total amount of state income tax paid by all Californians.  One year later this figure was cut almost in half, down to $8 billion or 25% of total state income taxes paid.  Some of this is due to reduced incomes for some high-achievers.  But the evidence is clear.  Wealthy Californians are voting with moving vans.  They're leaving.  They're leaving for greener pastures where their business aren't so over-regulated, where they can actually afford worker's compensation insurance, where they don't have to pay employees not to work, and where they can keep more of the money they earn.

Just a few years ago Democrats were telling the rest of the country "Watch California !  We're in charge out there.  We have the legislature, the Governor's office, and the two U.S. Senators.  Watch what we can do!  See how good things can be with Democrats in control!"

Fine.  They're in control and California is in the tank.  Businesses are packing up and leaving to escape high taxes and oppressive regulation.  Spending is out of control.  Illegal aliens are voting by the thousands and, in some cases, actually controlling local elections.  This is what Democrats have brought California .  Now let's watch them try to fix things up.  Californians made this bed, let them lay in it a bit longer.

MUSLIMS ... AGAIN

The toll this time is 46.  Forty-six dead people.  Innocent people.  Two car bombs exploded during the noon hour in Bombay , India yesterday.  One at a market, the other at a historic landmark.  Well over 100 were injured. 

Who did it?  The suspicion is centered on Muslims.

So, tell me; how are you able to contain your surprise!  Imagine that!  Muslims actually killing innocent people!  Certainly the followers of this religion of peace wouldn't do such a thing, would they?

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Are you a frequent airline traveler?  This may be the future of airline security.  It's called CAPPS II, and it's a computer system that will gather information on you and your travel habits. 

Global warming is a religion.  See what happens when you mess with the global warming crowd.

Are you watching the polls in California ?  Confusing, aren't they.  This article may put those polls in perspective  Remember, we've never seen an election quite like this before.

The Bush Administration is dragging its feet on the program to arm commercial airline pilots.  Airline pilots will demonstrate today.

What does Bustamante have in store for California ... if he does (I hope) win?

Thomas Sowell compares Martin Luther King's speech on the Washington Mall 40 years ago to the nonsense that was heard there this week.

James Dobson is urging fundamentalist Christians to go to Alabama to join in the fight over the Ten Commandments.

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