A monument displaying the Ten Commandments, a fundamental aspect of Catholicism, has been removed from the Alabama Judicial Building.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - State Supreme Court justices overruled Chief Justice Roy Moore on Thursday and directed that his Ten Commandments monument be removed from its public site in the Alabama Judicial Building.The senior associate justice, Gorman Houston, said the eight associate justices instructed the building’s manager to “take all steps necessary to comply … as soon as practicable.”
A federal judge had ruled the monument violates the constitution’s ban on government establishment of religion and must be removed from its public place in the rotunda. He had set Thursday as his deadline, but Moore said he would not move it.
The associate justices wrote that they are “bound by solemn oath to follow the law, whether they agree or disagree with it.”
According to the Founding Fathers of this country, every individual has the right to life (and all of its derivatives) which means: the right to take whatever actions one deems necessary for the benefit of their own life as long as they do not violate the right for others to do so in the process. From this right, it was derived that the initiation of force could violate this right to life of individuals, and therefore, the purpose of a government is to protect its citizens from the initiation of force. Unfortunately, while this was the fundamental philosophy behind the creation of America, the Founding Fathers failed to fully implement this philosophy in practice.
As a result of this failure, our country has seen an increase in the government initiation of force against its citizens. The push by many conservatives to incorporate their own religious beliefs into law is one such example of this initiation of force. The Constitution which founded this country, which was based on its fundamental philosophy, clearly stated that the government is FORBIDDEN to officially recognize ANY religion (or atheism either). By attempting to incorporate their own religious beliefs into law, many conservatives are attempting to force the individuals of this country to accept (at least in part) these religious beliefs. Having the Ten Commandments in a courthouse is an example of such an attempt.
Therefore, I support the State Supreme Court Justices’ action in removing this monument from the courthouse on the grounds that it represented the initiation of force against the citizens of this country in the attempt to establish an official religion.
