Ten Commandments and Indianna

[Rob Weinberg]

If anyone is interested in a closeup photo of Judge Moore advertising the
ten commandments behind his right shoulder and the State Seal of Alabama
over his left, which used to be on "The Official Web Site of the Christian
Family Association," at, I believe, http://www.judgemoore.com, check out
<http://www.mindspring.com/~robertmw/Judge.gif>.

For a more current image of the "display" from Judge Moore's own web page
from which he is running for Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice, see the
opening page at <http://www.judgemoore.org>.

-Rob

At 08:29 PM 3/20/00 EST, Joel Sogol wrote:
>After initially upholding the Commandments as part of a larger display, I
>requested Judge Price view the Courtroom.  It was only after that viewing
>that Judge Price changed his mind.  While all the things Jim mentions were
>there, they were separate from the Commandments, which hung by themselves
>behind the Judge and were clearly visible to the jurors when they looked at
>the Moore.  Judge Price could see that despite all Judge Moore's lawyer's
>arguments, in no way were they part of a general display. Note also that it
>was Judge Moore's lawyers who said the Commandments were part of a larger
>display.  In interview after interview, Moore honestly reported that the
>Commandments were there to confirm his religious beliefs, and not as part of
>a historic display.  I, and Judge Price, preferred to believe Judge Moore
>rather then his lawyers.
>
>Joel (I've been to the Courtroom) Sogol
>
>
>In a message dated 03/19/2000 11:09:54 PM Central Standard Time,
>JMHACLJ at AOL.COM writes:
>
>> n a message dated 03/17/2000 6:42:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>>  JLSatty at AOL.COM writes:
>>
>>  << In the Moore
>>   case, Judge Price actually ruled that the display was not part of a
larger
>>   display (or I believe he would have left it). >>
>>
>>  Although he had concluded otherwise first, and although Judge Moore's
>>  courtroom was, in fact, splattered with the elements of the broader
>display:
>>  including scales of justice, portraits of Washington and Lincoln, (in a
>> cruel
>>  sense of irony, perhaps he should have included a portrait of Clinton to
>> hold
>>  out the false hope to criminals that they might actually get away with
it),
>>  and an updated US flag (when he first ascended the bench, the courtroom
was
>>  equipped with a No Alaska, No Hawaii, 48 star flag).
>>
>>  Jim "Just the Facts, M'am" Henderson
>>  Senior Counsel
>>  ACLJ
>>
>