Religions > Atheism > In the News: Commandments Rock To Be Unveiled In Polk Building
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"Jason Spaceman" |
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10 Sep 2003 09:18:42 PM |
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In the News: Commandments Rock To Be Unveiled In Polk Building |
From the article:
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The national debate over the placement of religous symbols in public
places will likely find its way to Polk County this week when a
controversial monument containing the Ten Commandments is unveiled in
a Bartow building.
A 7-foot granite monument etched with the Ten Commandments and other
historical documents is scheduled to be unveiled in the county
administration building's rotunda Thursday.
The "Foundation Rock" will be dedicated just two weeks after a federal
court ruling ended a standoff over a Ten Commandments monument in the
Alabama Judicial Building.
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The rest at http://www.local6.com/news/2469367/detail.html
J. Spaceman
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| User: "quibbler" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: Commandments Rock To Be Unveiled In Polk Building |
11 Sep 2003 04:04:20 PM |
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In article <Xns93F36DCFC706wodennet@216.168.3.44>,
says...
Jason Spaceman <IEatSpammersForBreakfast@rogers.com> wrote in
news:epmvlvoosn2e9risv2664d4rrguvfeoe4n@4ax.com:
From the article:
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The national debate over the placement of religous symbols in public
places will likely find its way to Polk County this week when a
controversial monument containing the Ten Commandments is unveiled in
a Bartow building.
A 7-foot granite monument etched with the Ten Commandments and other
historical documents is scheduled to be unveiled in the county
administration building's rotunda Thursday.
The "Foundation Rock" will be dedicated just two weeks after a federal
court ruling ended a standoff over a Ten Commandments monument in the
Alabama Judicial Building.
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The rest at http://www.local6.com/news/2469367/detail.html
It's amazing that the taxpayers keep allowing their elected officials to
waste their tax money buying these monuments and then fighting in the
courts to display them. What a combination of ego & stupidity.
I suspect that it's nothing but a publicity stunt. Then again, so was
Moore's monument. This is just lame, copycat nonsense.
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Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com)
"It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the
threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, 'mad cow'
disease, and many others, but I think a case can be
made that faith is one of the world's great evils,
comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to
eradicate." -- Richard Dawkins
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| User: "Charles R Ward" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: Commandments Rock To Be Unveiled In Polk Building |
12 Sep 2003 09:27:44 PM |
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:04:20 UTC, quibbler
<quibbler247@yahoo.com> wrote:
In article <Xns93F36DCFC706wodennet@216.168.3.44>,
says...
Jason Spaceman <IEatSpammersForBreakfast@rogers.com> wrote in
news:epmvlvoosn2e9risv2664d4rrguvfeoe4n@4ax.com:
From the article:
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The national debate over the placement of religous symbols in public
places will likely find its way to Polk County this week when a
controversial monument containing the Ten Commandments is unveiled in
a Bartow building.
A 7-foot granite monument etched with the Ten Commandments and other
historical documents is scheduled to be unveiled in the county
administration building's rotunda Thursday.
The "Foundation Rock" will be dedicated just two weeks after a federal
court ruling ended a standoff over a Ten Commandments monument in the
Alabama Judicial Building.
-------------------------------------------------
The rest at http://www.local6.com/news/2469367/detail.html
It's amazing that the taxpayers keep allowing their elected officials to
waste their tax money buying these monuments and then fighting in the
courts to display them. What a combination of ego & stupidity.
I suspect that it's nothing but a publicity stunt. Then again, so was
Moore's monument. This is just lame, copycat nonsense.
Do you think someone might mention that their savior is
claimed to have said something about praying for show
in public?
Charles R Ward
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"I do live among my fellow atheists. I also happen to live
among Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Pagans, Satanists
and followers of various other religions -- all of which
have a perfect right to live in the United States without
interference because of their religion or lack thereof no
matter how much it irks you." Liz
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| User: "quibbler" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: Commandments Rock To Be Unveiled In Polk Building |
11 Sep 2003 04:03:00 PM |
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In article <epmvlvoosn2e9risv2664d4rrguvfeoe4n@4ax.com>,
IEatSpammersForBreakfast@rogers.com says...
From the article:
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The national debate over the placement of religous symbols in public
places will likely find its way to Polk County this week when a
controversial monument containing the Ten Commandments is unveiled in
a Bartow building.
Actually, it should be possible to win an injunction against displaying
it before the rock is even installed.
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Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com)
"It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the
threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, 'mad cow'
disease, and many others, but I think a case can be
made that faith is one of the world's great evils,
comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to
eradicate." -- Richard Dawkins
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| User: "Fear gan dia" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: Commandments Rock To Be Unveiled In Polk Building |
11 Sep 2003 05:05:26 PM |
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Verily verily I say unto you, it is written by Jason Spaceman <IEatSpammersForBreakfast@rogers.com>
in <epmvlvoosn2e9risv2664d4rrguvfeoe4n@4ax.com>:
# From the article:
#
# -------------------------------------------------
# The national debate over the placement of religous symbols in public
# places will likely find its way to Polk County this week when a
# controversial monument containing the Ten Commandments is unveiled in
# a Bartow building.
#
# A 7-foot granite monument etched with the Ten Commandments and other
# historical documents is scheduled to be unveiled in the county
# administration building's rotunda Thursday.
#
# The "Foundation Rock" will be dedicated just two weeks after a federal
# court ruling ended a standoff over a Ten Commandments monument in the
# Alabama Judicial Building.
# -------------------------------------------------
#
# The rest at http://www.local6.com/news/2469367/detail.html
Please tell me that isn't Polk County, Iowa...
(clicks on URL)
Oh, Florida. Oh well, they're all crazy down there anyway.
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God in Ireland. Away with God!
-James Joyce, _A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man_
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