[at-l] Monday Humor

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In a message dated 11/18/04 13:26:31 Eastern Standard Time, 
randerson58@comcast.net writes:


> Now let us suppose that you placed the two ton granite monument in the 
> middle of a stretch of the AT where every one had to stop and pay their respects 
> or be prevented from continuing their hike. Furthermore no alternate forms 
> were permitted or allowed and there were no exceptions.
>  
> The first example set forth in the previous post is a probable violation of 
> the establishment clause; the second a definite violation of the free 
> exercise clause and the establishment clause.
> 

These are unlikely situations.  I believe the presence of the Ten 
Commandments (whatever the intent of the persons placing them in the court house) was a 
reminder of an historical acknowledgment that we are a nation that lives under 
the law.  Perhaps the removal is because of anti-Semitism.  I do not know.  

Skylander