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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Tue May 6, 2014, 03:16 PM May 2014

Alabama Chief Justice: I Didn't Mean That First Amendment Protects Only Christians

CAITLIN MACNEAL – MAY 6, 2014, 1:08 PM EDT

The Alabama Supreme Court chief justice, who implied in a January speech that the First Amendment only applied to Christian faiths, said on Monday that he was talking about the biblical foundations in the United States, not the application of the law.

"It applies to the rights God gave us to be free in our modes of thinking, and as far as religious liberty to all people, regardless of what they believe," Justice Roy Moore said about the First Amendment in an interview with the Montgomery Advertiser.

The Advertiser said that Moore "strongly denied" that the First Amendment excludes non-Christian religions.

In a video recorded at a Pastors for Life event in Mississippi posted by Raw Story last week, Moore spoke about the American government's interpretation of the word "religion."

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Alabama Chief Justice: I Didn't Mean That First Amendment Protects Only Christians (Original Post) DonViejo May 2014 OP

'What a Nimrod! What A Ultra-Maroon!' The Magistrate May 2014 #1

Or, as Nixon allegedly so famously said... 3catwoman3 May 2014 #2

The walk back Gothmog May 2014 #3

Anyone who believes Mr. Moore's strong denial is foolish gratuitous May 2014 #4

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)

1. 'What a Nimrod! What A Ultra-Maroon!'

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 03:24 PM

May 2014

3catwoman3

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2. Or, as Nixon allegedly so famously said...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 03:35 PM

May 2014

...I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

Gothmog

(145,313 posts)

3. The walk back

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 05:10 PM

May 2014

The GOP is getting practice of having to walk back their stupid claims. This judge is an idiot and a fool. He meant his first position but is upset that people are laughing at him for this stupidity

gratuitous

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4. Anyone who believes Mr. Moore's strong denial is foolish

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 05:35 PM

May 2014

This demented man has a long history of bigotry, and relishes the opportunity to kick down on anyone he perceives to be inferior. His nonsensical statement that (as far as I can make it out from his word hash) is that God has given humanity the right to be free in our modes of thinking. What in the hell does that even mean, and what does it have to do with governing a nation of diverse beliefs, with no established national religion (other than the High Church of Redemptive Violence)?

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