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> A M E R I C A N A T H E I S T S
> A A N E W S
> #1122 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8/27/03
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> A Service of AMERICAN ATHEISTS
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> And The Separation Of Church And State"
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> * Commandments monument down, but not out...
> * American Atheists Speakers Bureau
> * Resources
> * About this list...
>
> ALABAMA COMMANDMENTS MONUMENT DOWN --
> BUT IS IT GONE?
> Will Moore, Supporters Try "End Run" Around Court
> Ruling?
>
> An unconstitutional monument of the Ten Commandments
> was removed
> earlier today from the rotunda of the Alabama
> Judicial Building,
> bringing the state into compliance with a federal
> court order.
>
> Hundreds of "anguished" protesters chanted and
> prayed as the 5,280-lb.
> granite marker was secured by a moving crew and
> rolled from the foyer
> to an unidentified "private place" somewhere else in
> the building,
> said news accounts. It is not clear exactly where
> the Commandments
> display is, nor is it known if any subsequent
> location for the
> controversial monument will be accessible to the
> public.
>
> The Commandments rock was erected two years ago on
> the orders of
> Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who justified the
> monument as a
> public acknowledgement of God. Moore had garnered
> national attention
> while a judge in Etowah County, where he displayed a
> hand-carved
> wooden plaque representing the Decalogue in his
> courtroom. He
> frequently began court proceedings with a Baptist
> invocation led by
> clergy.
>
> When he ran for the state's highest elected judicial
> bench position,
> he promised to carry his crusade for public display
> of the
> Commandments and other religious symbols to the
> capital in Montgomery.
>
> Some critics, including those who had filed suit to
> have the
> Commandments removed, were pleased with the
> situation. Barry Lynn of
> Americans United for the Separation of Church and
> State called today's
> developments "a tremendous victory for the rule of
> law and respect for
> religious diversity."
>
> "Perhaps Roy Moore will soon leave the bench and
> move into the pulpit,
> which he seems better suited for."
>
> Others, though, are worried that today is not the
> end of the matter.
>
> Ellen Johnson, President of American Atheists,
> voiced concern that the
> two-and-a-half-ton rock was not removed from the
> Judicial Building.
>
> "This whole controversy can drag on when and if
> Moore, or some other
> official, decides to relocate the monument to
> another part of the
> building in hopes of circumventing the original
> court ruling."
>
> Johnson noted that federal Judge Myron Thompson, who
> ruled that the
> Commandments display promoted sectarian religion,
> stipulated that the
> granite cenotaph could be placed in a "private" part
> of the Judicial
> Building.
>
> "Moore could have the monument placed in a slightly
> less conspicuous
> location, a hallway, anywhere in the building, and
> this dispute could
> re-ignite with more lawsuits, prayer rallies and
> expense for the
> taxpayers of the state of Alabama," said Johnson.
> "Officials failed
> to send a clear and unambiguous statement that the
> monument will not
> be permitted on public property."
>
> It took nearly ninety minutes for a small crew of
> workers to situate
> the monument and roll it to another area of the
> building. Many
> demonstrators outside were caught unaware of what
> was going on; but as
> word spread, shouts erupted and vigil organizers
> called for another
> round of public prayers.
>
> Graham George, the official manager for the Judicial
> Building, stepped
> outside to assure the self-described "prayer
> warriors" who had
> gathered to support the display of the Commandments
> that he
> sympathized with their cause. He added that the
> monument was being
> placed in a secured, windowless room temporarily,
> and the ultimate
> fate of the washing machine-sized display left up to
> its technical
> owner, Roy Moore.
>
> Many were taken off guard not only by the movement
> of the Commandments
> rock, but the fact the display is still at the
> Judicial Building.
>
> In an afternoon dispatch to supporters,
> televangelist Jerry Falwell
> declared that while the removal of Moore's monument
> was "an ominous
> sight," he was "quite surprised the movers simply
> transferred the
> monument; I had assumed they would ship it away from
> the site
> altogether. Apparently, the easily-offended
> plaintiffs who sued to
> have the monument removed will not be offended if it
> remains at the
> courthouse, as long as they can't see it."
>
> Falwell added that he would be "honored to have the
> monument
> prominently placed at Liberty University campus
> until -- hopefully --
> the U.S. Supreme Court eventually hears the case
> and rules in his
> (Moore's) favor.
>
> "But I'm glad it is remaining there in Montgomery,
> for now."
>
> Evangelicals
> Divided -- Slightly...
>
> The events of the past week, especially Moore's
> defiance of a clear
> federal order to remove the commandments, has
> resulted in a slight
> cleft within America's agitated evangelical and
> fundamentalist
> community.
>
> Both Falwell and fellow televangelist Pat Robertson
> criticized Moore
> for defying the order, although they continue to
> support the
> unconstitutional display of the Ten Commandments.
> In the past,
> Robertson especially has suffered because of
> reckless statements, such
> as calling for "rebellion" against federal judges.
>
> Others, including religious right activist Gary
> Bauer, head of the
> Campaign for Working Families, told media today,
> "While there is deep
> division over Moore's strategy, it is increasingly
> clear that the
> public's patience is wearing thin with our rogue
> courts."
>
> Bauer continued to hammer away at what is an
> emerging agenda with
> religious conservatives, namely, curbing the
> authority of federal
> judges they increasingly describe as "sinister
> secularists in black
> robes."
>
> "For decades now, unelected judges have gone
> unchallenged while they
> ripped out every vestige of faith from the public
> square and tore down
> every symbol of our most deeply held beliefs," Bauer
> told Falwell's
> newsletter. "Whether it's prayer in the public
> schools, banning the
> Ten Commandments and Pledge of Allegiance, or
> inventing 'rights' to
> partial-birth abortion and homosexual sodomy,
> unelected judges have
> shown incredible disdain for public opinion,
> majority rule and the
> laws written by our elected representatives. Our
> representative
> democracy is in danger of becoming a robed
> oligarchy."
>
> A similar reaction was echoed by those demonstrating
> on the steps of
> the Judicial Building today. Many had camped out,
> others were on a
> "Minuteman" response list.
>
> "Put it back, put it back!" one man screamed as
> fellow demonstrators
> tried to calm him down.
>
> Rev. Robert Schenck of the National Clergy Council
> told reporters,
> "It is a lamentable day in Alabama and the United
> States."
>
> Patrick Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition
> spoke out against
> Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor.
>
> In the past, Pryor has supported Justice Moore and
> the public display
> of the Ten Commandments, but declared that the state
> had an obligation
> to obey the federal court order to remove the
> monument. About 150 of
> the Commandments supporters tried to march into the
> Statehouse hoping
> to meet with Pryor, but were blocked by a cordon of
> state police.
> Several representatives of the group managed to have
> an audience with
> Pryor's chief deputy, though.
>
> According to WSFA television news, several state
> employees say they
> were threatened by the agitated demonstrators.
>
> And the anxiety increased when it was learned that
> with the removal of
> the monument, a lawsuit filed in Mobile claiming
> that such an action
> would violate freedom of religion would not be heard
> by a federal
> judge later in the day.
>
> Larry Darby, Alabama State Director for American
> Atheists, was pleased
> with the removal of the unconstitutional
> Commandments monument,
> telling news reporters, "It's about time. Justice
> Moore has made a
> mockery of the judicial system.
>
> "He has disgraced the bench and the bar and has
> embarrassed the state
> of Alabama worldwide. I'm only disappointed that it
> will not be out
> of the building and off of taxpayer property."
>
> For further information:
>
> http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/alabam27.htm
> ("Braggadocio, Hyperbole as Commandments supporters
> rally behind Moore in
> Montgomery," 8/19/03)
>
> http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/alabam26.htm
> ("Judge says commandments monument must go, will
> Moore comply?" 8/7/03)
>
> http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/tenco30.htm
> ("House attempt to circumvent Constitution, federal
> courts? Lawmakers vote
> against
> enforcement on Ten Commandments, Pledge decisions,"
> 8-2-03)
>
> http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/tenco28.htm
> ("On to the Supreme Court? Moore announces
> appeal...," 7/4/03)
>
> http://www.atheists.org/al
> (Office of the Alabama State Director, American
> Atheists)
>
> http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/alabam20.htm
> ("Moore files appeal notice on removal order,"
> 12/14/02)
>
> http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/alabam18.htm
> ("Moore in exclusive film deal with televangelist,"
> 11/26/01)
>
> http://www.atheists.org/church/tencommandments.html
> ("Rehnquist and the Ten Taboos," by Frank Zindler)
>
> http://www.atheists.org/church/hangemall.htm
> ("Hang 'Em All -- Completely!" by Frank Zindler)
>
> http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/whichcom.htm
> ("Which Ten Commandments," by Cliff Walker)
>
>
http://www.americanatheist.org/column/ontar5-28-01.html
> (Post The Commandments, Spare Not The Rod!" by
> Conrad F. Goeringer)
>
> http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/tenco29.htm
> ("Darby speaks out on Moore press conference,"
> 7/4/03)
>
> http://www.atheists.org/flash.,line/tenco27.htm
> ("Circuit Court rules for 'aphorisms' as squabbles
> over religious
> sloganeering, commandments continue," 8/2/02)
>
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