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Thread #79712   Message #1470641
Posted By: Dave (the ancient mariner)
25-Apr-05 - 08:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: Ten Commandments on Public Property?
Subject: RE: BS: Ten Commandments on Public Property?
The neutrality of the State demanded by the first ammendment must be applied to every situation. Simply put, they cannot favour the non religious over the religious. If the judiciary are expected to remove a specific religious symbol, they must remove all religious symbols or they break that neutrality. If all religious symbols are removed then the seal with which these laws are authenticated will have to be replaced, because a religious symbol is on the seal. The Liberty Bell would have to be removed from public buildings, because it has a biblical inscription on it. Complicated isn't it?

Yours, Aye. Dave