Supreme Court Rejects Justice Moore's Appeal

Supreme Court Rejects Moore's Appeal,
Court won't enter Ten Commandments fight
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court refused Monday to enter the long-running fight over a monument depicting the Ten Commandments and the judge who wants to keep it on display in an Alabama courthouse. The court quietly rejected appeals from Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who had argued that the monument properly acknowledges "God as the source of the community morality so essential to a self-governing society." Moore challenged the high court to settle the question once and for all, and accused the justices of ducking their responsibility to clarify murky questions about the constitutional principle of separation of church and state. The Supreme Court's action reflects the court's unwillingness to hear the appeal. Lower courts have splintered on the issue, allowing depictions of the Ten Commandments in some instances and not in others. The case is Moore v. Glassroth 03-468.

Moore Packs Church
Commandments battle inspires cheering crowd
"The country has not seen the likes of Moore in many, many years," senior pastor Chuck Baldwin told the cheering crowd. "He is a modern-day Patrick Henry and Daniel from the Old Testament." When Moore finally approached the church's pulpit on Sunday, he was given a standing ovation. A supporter yelled out, "My hero!" "It's a sad day in America when you are called a hero for acknowledging God, which this nation was founded on," Moore responded. "Things have changed in our country." In his hourlong speech, Moore talked about God's significance in American history.

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Alabama Chief Justice Moore to Speak in Winder Thursday
WINDER, Ga. - Suspended Alabama chief justice Roy Moore, who defied a federal court order by refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the state Judicial Building, will speak at a rally in Winder on Thursday, officials said. The rally will be at the Barrow County courthouse, said county public information officer Lane Downs. The courthouse is where a legal battle is brewing between the county and the American Civil Liberties Union over a framed parchment copy of the Ten Commandment in a building breezeway.

Moore: Case Not About Ten Commandments
Before his speech at Crossroad Baptist Church, suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore met with reporter Nicole Lozare and other media representatives to discuss his views on the controversy over the Ten Commandments and his future.
Q: Some of your detractors say that when you have the Ten Commandments in the courthouse, you may be influenced by your religion when you make a ruling.
A: My duty is to uphold the constitution of the United States. It's not about the Ten Commandments, it's about God. Now because I believe in God, am I going to rule contrary to the constitution? I do not think so because the constitution is founded from the laws of nature and the laws of God.

Country Being Attacked by Atheists
This great country is being attacked by terrorists and now it is being attacked by atheists. Somewhere along the line, the United State citizens have forgotten how their country was founded. All our laws and constitution were based on the Ten Commandments, which is believed given to Moses by God.

Episcopalians Install First Gay Bishop
DURHAM, N.H. - The Episcopal Church became the first major "Christian" denomination to make an openly gay man a bishop, consecrating V. Gene Robinson on Sunday as bishop of New Hampshire. The act almost certainly means disgruntled conservatives will break from the church.

CUI Conference on Homo-Fascism

The Looming Specter of Homo-Fascism
Listen to Part 1 of Message Given by Pastor Ralph Ovadal at Wisconsin Christians United's International Conference on Homo-Fascism

The Looming Specter of Homo-Fascism
Listen to Part 2 of Message Given by Pastor Ralph Ovadal at Wisconsin Christians United's International Conference on Homo-Fascism

Fascism On Campus
On campuses large and small, public and private, students describe a culture in which freshmen are encouraged, if not required, to attend diversity programs that portray white males as oppressors. It's a culture in which students can be punished if their choice of words offends a classmate, and campus groups must promise they won't discriminate on the basis of religion or sexual orientation — even if theirs is a Christian club that doesn't condone homosexuality.

Judge Hears Dismissal Motion in Stuttering Lawsuit
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- A judge is considering whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the state by six former orphans who took part in a University of Iowa stuttering experiment more than 60 years ago. The lawsuit seeks compensation for lifelong emotional and psychological problems the plaintiffs say were partly due to their unwitting participation in the study. Researchers used 22 children from an orphanage as test subjects, badgering some of them about imperfections in their speech to try to induce stuttering. According to the study, none became stutterers, but some became reluctant to speak or self-conscious about their speech.

Textbook Lawsuit 'Silly,' Board Member Says
Attorneys from Trial Lawyers for Public Justice said Friday the state’s board of education is forcing publishers to edit textbooks to fit their own religious and political beliefs. The network filed a class-action lawsuit against the State Board of Education Thursday, claiming its November 2001 decision to reject an environmental science textbook for use in public high schools constitutes censorship. The board voted 10 to 5 to reject the book.

Cops: Teen Admits Halloween Stabbing
A 15-year-old Queens boy said he was "trying to protect his friends" when he stabbed a father who confronted a group of teenagers on Halloween night in Hollis, officials said yesterday. The boy, identified as Ajai Jagernauth, was being held on $250,000 bail after arraignment on attempted murder and other charges in Queens Criminal Court. Prosecutors told Judge Dorothy Chin-Brandt that Jagernauth stomped and kicked Ricky Hosein in the head and body before stabbing him about 8:35 p.m. Friday, according to Patrick Clark, a spokesman for Queens District Attorney Richard Brown. Hosein, 24, remained in critical but stable condition at Mary Immaculate Hospital in Jamaica with three stab wounds - two to the arm and one to the upper back - and a partially collapsed lung, Clark said. In an interview Saturday, Hosein said he confronted the group after one of them threw an egg at his infant daughter during an evening of trick-or-treating in their tree-lined neighborhood.

Teen Surfing Star Loses Arm to Shark in Hawaii
LIHUE, Hawaii -- The water was clear and there was no indication of danger when a 13-year-old surfing star went out on the waves with her best friend and her friend's father. But while Bethany Hamilton was lying on her board off Kauai's North Shore, a shark bit once and then disappeared, taking off her left arm just below the shoulder. "Nobody saw it happen. She just yelled, 'A shark bit me!'" said her father, Tom Hamilton.

Posted by Editor at November 3, 2003 10:58 AM