Judge Moore

[Michael deHaven Newsom]

Let's keep the record straight.  One can be appalled with the antics of this
Alabama judge and be devoutly religious in the traditional sense.  I count
myself among that group, even though I am a law professor.  I go to mass
everyday, but have no use for this obstreperous judge's defiance of the law.

Rick Duncan wrote:

> The phrase "powerful secular elite" refers to the
> establishment-types (law profs, journalists, Country
> Club Republicans, etc) who think that Justice Moore's
> display is worse than obscenity. It refers to the kind
> of people who are appalled and cry "censorship" when
> someone complains about NEA money being used to
> subsidize "Piss Christ," and who are equally appalled
> and demand censorship when students wish to pray at a
> football game (or when Justice Moore wishes to display
> the Ten Commandments). In other words, it refers to a
> powerful class of persons who are completely out of
> touch with ordinary people and common sense. If only
> Justice Moore would submerge the Ten Commandments in
> urine, he would became a hero to the powerful secular
> elite.
>
> Cheers, Rick Duncan
>
> --- "Horwitz, Paul" <PHorwitz at OMM.COM> wrote:
> > My guess is that Judge Moore is indeed reasonably
> > popular in the state.  I'm
> > not sure who the "powerful secular elite" refers to
> > in this instance;
> > Governor Siegelman has also expressed support for
> > the public display of the
> > Ten Commandments.  Of course, his sentiment may be
> > in part a political one,
> > but then, so (in part) may Judge Moore's be at this
> > point.  Perhaps the
> > phrase in this instance refers to the Republican
> > establishment interests who
> > opposed his candidacy for the chief justiceship in
> > favor of another
> > Republican candidate.
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