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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: MoshMasterD on February 03, 2011, 02:00:05 PM
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-03-11 09:40 AM
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Judge's Ten Commandments Display in Courtroom Ruled Unconstitutional
Source: Politics Daily
A federal appeals court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a local trial judge in Ohio has no constitutional right to hang in his courtroom a poster of the Ten Commandments along with his own pointed comments about "moral relativism" and the rule of law.
Hung on Deweese's courtroom wall in 2006, the poster includes the following comments from the judge himself above the familiar list of commandments:
"There is a conflict of legal and moral philosophies raging in the United States. That conflict is between moral relativism and moral absolutism. We are moving towards moral relativism. All law is legislated morality. The only question is whose morality. Because morality is based on faith, there is no such thing as religious neutrality in law or morality.
"Ultimately," Deweese's poster states, "there are only two views: Either God is the final authority, and we acknowledge His unchanging standards of behavior. Or man is the final authority, and standards of behavior change at the whim of individuals or societies." In addition, underneath the commandments, the judge added this comment:
"The cases passing through this courtroom demonstrate we are paying a high cost in increased crime and other social ills for moving from moral absolutism to moral relativism since the mid 20th century. Our Founders saw the necessity of moral absolutes. . . . The Declaration of Independence acknowledges God as Creator, Lawgiver, 'Supreme Judge of the World,' and the One who providentially superintends the affairs of men. Ohio's Constitution acknowledges Almighty God as the source of our freedom. I join the Founders in personally acknowledging the importance of Almighty God's fixed moral standards for restoring the moral fabric of this nation."
Read more: http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/02/02/judges-ten-comm...
And why would I put this? Simply because of this post in particular....
VWolf (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-03-11 12:39 PM
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17. My "10 commandments" come from Tae Kwon Do
Be loyal to your country
Be loving and show fidelity to your parents
Be loving between husband and wife
Be cooperative between brother and sister
Be faithful to your friends
Be respectful to your elders
Establish trust between teacher and student
Think before killing any living thing
Never retreat in battle
Always finish what you started
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Do DUmmies subscribe to any of those???????
Finish what you started? bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!
The comedy just writes itself, don't it?
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Do DUmmies subscribe to any of those???????
Finish what you started? bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!
The comedy just writes itself, don't it?
Well...they started down the road to ruin many years ago and they've been making pretty good headway at achieving it....they just ain't quite finished the job yet by dying and expecting us to pay the funeral costs....but they're working on it.
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Do DUmmies subscribe to any of those???????
Finish what you started? bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!
The comedy just writes itself, don't it?
The only things the DUmmies finish are the last bowl of pot or the last hit on a doobie.
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Be sure you're right and then go ahead.
-Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
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Do DUmmies subscribe to any of those???????
Finish what you started? bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!
The comedy just writes itself, don't it?
Weeeeeeeeeelllll......
Start a bong-load, finish a bong-load.
/DUmmy...
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VWolf (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-03-11 12:39 PM
Response to Original message
17. My "10 commandments" come from Tae Kwon Do
Be loyal to your country
Be loving and show fidelity to your parents
Be loving between husband and wife
Be cooperative between brother and sister
Be faithful to your friends
Be respectful to your elders
Establish trust between teacher and student
Think before killing any living thing
Never retreat in battle
Always finish what you started
LOL! Is he saying Tae Kwon Do is a martial art or some mystic asian belief or something?
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I wonder if he can do what Obama has done, and just ignore that it was ruled unconstitutional.
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Judging by what the average Dummie thinks.....
VWolf (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-03-11 12:39 PM
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17. My "10 commandments" come from Tae Kwon Do
Be loyal to your country (FAIL!!)
Be loving and show fidelity to your parents Only in the left
Be loving between husband and wife Until something better comes along
Be cooperative between brother and sister Unless they are part of the political enemy then the hell with them!!!
Be faithful to your friends See brother/sister
Be respectful to your elders Ronald Reagan and his cronies get NO respect.
Establish trust between teacher and student This only qualifies for schools like Berkley, Columbia, etc.
Think before killing any living thing If you have to, make sure it's right wing you are killing
Never retreat in battle But, you're never in battle anyways so disregard that
Always finish what you started I mean in the middle of course