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Separation of Church and State.
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Separation of Church and State The situation at the Alabama Supreme Court regarding the Ten Commandments monument has gotten far out of hand. Chief Justice Roy Moore had no right to display a two and a half ton monument exhibiting the Ten Commandments in front of a judicial building; especially after the federal appeals court ordered him to remove it. The U.S. Constitution calls for a separation of church and state, which Chief Justice Moore blatantly ignored in order to erect this gigantic sculpture of the Ten Commandments in the courthouse's rotunda. This statue has rightfully been taken away and I believe that the statue should never have been there in the first place. Many know that the Ten Commandments are taken from the Old Testament of the Bible, which obviously represents Judeo-Christian partiality. This statue specifically promotes the Jewish and Christian religions and since it was displayed at an Alabama...
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