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Title: # POUND MORE SAND # - OK governor defies Supreme Court — Ten Commandments will stay at capitol
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URL Source: http://www.theamericanmirror.com/sh ... monument-to-remain-at-capitol/
Published: Jul 8, 2015
Author: Olaf Ekberg
Post Date: 2015-07-08 12:19:05 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
Keywords: supreme court, first amendment, state rights, pound sand
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Comments: 11
There’s a showdown at the OK capitol. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has vowed that a Ten Commandments monument on capitol grounds, which the state Supreme Court recently ruled was unconstitutional, will remain through appeal, KOCO reports. “The Ten Commandments monument was built to recognize and honor the historical significance of the Commandments in our state’s and nation’s systems of laws,” Fallin says in a statement. “The monument was built and maintained with private dollars. It is virtually identical to a monument on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol which the United States Supreme Court ruled to be permissible. It is a privately funded tribute to historical events, not a taxpayer funded endorsement of any religion, as some have alleged.” Fallin and Attorney General Scott Pruitt are appealing the Supreme Court’s ruling. “Oklahoma is a state where we respect the rule of law, and we will not ignore the state courts or their decisions. However, we are also a state with three co-equal branches of government. At this time, Attorney General Scott Pruitt, with my support, has filed a petition requesting a rehearing of the Ten Commandments case,” according to the governor. “Additionally, our Legislature has signaled its support for pursuing changes to our state Constitution that will make it clear the Ten Commandments monument is legally permissible. If legislative efforts are successful, the people of Oklahoma will get to vote on the issue.” In a 7-2 ruling, the Supreme Court sided with the ACLU and its three plaintiffs. The group immediately denounced Fallin’s decision. “The Supreme Court did not give any leeway in their opinion. The bipartisan, seven-member majority did not say remove the monument except if you look into your crystal ball and think the law might allow it at some point in the future and go ahead and keep it,” ACLU of Oklahoma executive director Ryan Kiesel tells the Tulsa World. “The court said remove the monument.” Kiesel believes Fallin is in “contempt” of the court’s ruling. “Frankly, I would be astonished if we get to a point where the governor outright defies an order of our state’s highest court,” he says. “That said, if she does, there is a word for it. It is called contempt.” 
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#1. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
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Really? What historical significance is Fallin referring to? If he is referring to it being of Christian origin he is dead wrong. The Ten Commandments were never of Christian origin and is supported by references in Deuteronomy, Exodus, and in Matthew. These laws were written on account of Moses (noted for freeing his people from bondage in Egypt) by speaking to the Jewish people those Ten Commandment laws spoken through Moses by God.
#2. To: purplerose (#1)
By traditional mainstream interpretation, "the OT is the NT concealed, the NT is the OT revealed." The OT is studded with prophecies of the Redeemer to come, he has direct parallels in Joseph, the Holy Spirit is said to be the pre- incarnate Christ, the Lamb "slain from the foundation of the world". In other words, Christ is king of the OT world too -- it's an unbroken continuum from Eden to Calvary and beyond. The OT mere window dressing in Judaism, BTW. The Jues are Edomite knockoffs of God's OT Adamite/Israelite people, which some of them acknowledge when they think nobody's paying attention. A key quote features the rare word Hebrewism but I can't seem to find it. Anyhow, Fallin didn't mention Christ. You did. And if you don't know how prominent the Commandments are in American history, what planet did you just touch down from?
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest“The Ten Commandments monument was built to recognize and honor the historical significance of the Commandments in our state’s and nation’s systems of laws Fallin says in a statement.
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