Missouri declares Christianity its official religion.
Paul Finkelman
paul-finkelman at utulsa.edu
Fri Mar 3 18:18:46 PST 2006
Creches on public property are only legal if surrounded by Santa, a few
clowns, candy canes and enough other junk to destroy the religious
meaing; the 10 commandments on texas lawn was legal only becauase it is
"not sacred." The Court essentially tells those who insist on putting
up their religious displays with my teax dollars only if they do so in
way that destroys the religoius meaning. WHat I do not udnerstand is
why religous people don't take the hint and stop volunteering to
desecrate their own symbols so they can display them.
Ed Darrell wrote:
> Isn't this a rather milquetoast resolution? Could we not make a case
> that voluntary prayer and creches on public property are already legal
> -- in fact, hasn't the ACLU been defending exactly those things in the
> past five years?
>
> One might wonder if these same legislators are among those who would
> refuse to sign a petition calling for the Bill of Rights -- or worse,
> if they'd go to the mat to slam Congress, the President, and activist
> judges, for not allowing such things as the Bill of Rights.
>
> I'd flunk these guys on their history; shouldn't someone tell them
> that what they ask is already the law?
>
> Ed Darrell
> Dallas
>
> Steven Jamar <stevenjamar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> is this much different from Reagan's [in]famous proclamation that
> ! we are Christian country? The resolution seems not to be any
> sort of law with impact -- just some hortatory language about how
> school-sponsored prayer and public-sponsored creches should be
> allowed.
>
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: Winston Calvert <winstoncalvert at sbcglobal.net
>>> <mailto:winstoncalvert at sbcglobal.net>>
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>>> Religion issues for Law Academics <religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu
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>>> Subject: RE: Missouri declares Christianity its official
>>> religion. Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 11:39:35 -0800 (PST)
>>>
>>> Here is the text of the resolution:
>>>
>>> SECOND REGULAR SESSION
>>> House Concurrent Resolution No. 13
>>> 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
>>> 4572L.02I
>>> http://www.house.state.mo.us/bills061/bills/hcr13.htm
>>>
>>> Whereas, our forefathers of this great nation of the
>>> United States recognized a Christian God and used the
>>> principles afforded to us by Him as the founding
>>> principles of our nation; and
>>>
>>> Whereas, as citizens of this great nation, we the
>>> majority also wish to exercise our constitutional
>>> right to acknowledge our Creator and give thanks for
>>> the many gifts provided by Him; and
>>>
>>> Whereas, as elected officials we should protect the
>>> majority's right to express their religious beliefs
>>> while showing respect for those who object; and
>>>
>>> Whereas, we wish to continue the wisdom imparted in
>>> the Constitution of the United States of America by
>>> the founding fathers; and
>>>
>>> Whereas, we as elected officials recognize that a
>>> Greater Power exists above and beyond the institutions
>>> of mankind:
>>>
>>> Now, therefore, be it resolved by the members of the
>>> House of Representatives of the Ninety-third General
>>> Assembly, Second Regular Session, the Senate
>>> concurring therein, that we stand with the majority of
>>> our constituents and exercise the common sense that
>>> voluntary prayer in public schools and religious
>>> displays on public property ! are not a coalition of
>>> church and state, but rather the justified recognition
>>> of the positive role that Christianity has played in
>>> this great nation of ours, the United States of
>>> America.
>>>
>
> --
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>
> "A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the
> skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content
> according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used."
>
> Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in Towne v. Eisner, 245 U.S. 418,
> 425 (1918)
>
>
>
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