D J 1 3 8
08-21-2003, 04:40 PM
http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/LAW/08/21/ten.commandments/vert.commandments.ap.jpg
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/08/21/ten.commandments/index.html
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (CNN) -- Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore vowed Thursday to continue fighting to keep a massive monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments in the state judicial building even though the state's other justices overruled him and ordered it removed.
"The people of this state elected me as chief justice to uphold our constitution, which established our justice system on invoking the favor and guidance of almighty God," Moore said. "To do my duty, I must acknowledge God. That's what this case is about."
....
But Moore said he would be violating the dictates of his conscience if he agreed to remove the monument.
"I hear others talk of a rule of law," the chief justice said. "If the rule of law means to do everything a judge tells you to do, we would still have slavery in this country. If the rule of law means to do everything a judge tells you to do, the Declaration of Independence would be a meaningless document.
....
Moore's stand has drawn comparisons to former Alabama Gov. George Wallace, a blustery segregationist who engaged in similar face-offs with federal courts. But in a CNN interview Wednesday night, Moore rejected that comparison.
"Wallace stood in the doorway to keep people out. We're trying to keep God in," he said. Wallace stood for division. We're standing for unity. This is more like what Martin Luther King did in standing for rights for the people of Alabama and the people across this nation."
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/08/21/ten.commandments/index.html
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (CNN) -- Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore vowed Thursday to continue fighting to keep a massive monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments in the state judicial building even though the state's other justices overruled him and ordered it removed.
"The people of this state elected me as chief justice to uphold our constitution, which established our justice system on invoking the favor and guidance of almighty God," Moore said. "To do my duty, I must acknowledge God. That's what this case is about."
....
But Moore said he would be violating the dictates of his conscience if he agreed to remove the monument.
"I hear others talk of a rule of law," the chief justice said. "If the rule of law means to do everything a judge tells you to do, we would still have slavery in this country. If the rule of law means to do everything a judge tells you to do, the Declaration of Independence would be a meaningless document.
....
Moore's stand has drawn comparisons to former Alabama Gov. George Wallace, a blustery segregationist who engaged in similar face-offs with federal courts. But in a CNN interview Wednesday night, Moore rejected that comparison.
"Wallace stood in the doorway to keep people out. We're trying to keep God in," he said. Wallace stood for division. We're standing for unity. This is more like what Martin Luther King did in standing for rights for the people of Alabama and the people across this nation."