THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume VI, Issue # 163, July 23, 2004
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
JUDGE ROY MOORE -- HIS CALL FOR PROTECTION OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION:
A REPORT FROM THE FREEDOM21 CONFERENCE
By Alan Caruba
FULL STORY:
Judge Roy Moore, who defied a federal court ruling and lost his elected position as Chief Justice of the Alabama State Supreme
Court, addressed the opening session of the Fifth Annual Freedom21 Conference being held July 21-24, 2004, in Reno, Nevada.
The judge remained defiant, saying: “The acknowledgement of God affects everyone” in areas that include "the right to life,
property rights, and freedom itself."
The battle that brought the judge to national prominance involved a monument depicting the Ten Commandments that was
ordered removed from the court house in Alabama.
The Freedom21 Conference has attracted several hundred Conservatively oriented individuals and addresses topics that include
national sovereignty, the United Nations, property rights, environmentalism, and Second Amendment rights, among others.
Judge Moore noted that the President of the United States puts his hand on the Bible when he is sworn into office, that people
do so when offering testimony in court, and that the U.S. Congress opens each session with a prayer.
He called those who cite separation of church and state as a way to remove faith in a universal God from public life “hypocrites.”
Judge Moore is appealing his case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Judge Moore noted that Thomas Jefferson did not call for separation of church and state, but asserted that the legislative powers
of government “reach actions only, not opinions,” thus protecting the right of individuals to their religious beliefs and prohibiting
government from passing laws restricting the expression of faith.
Judge More asked: “What happens when government comes in and says you cannot acknowledge God?” He added: “There is no
morality without God.”
He criticized judges that “rule by feelings, not by law.”
The judge is affiliated with the Foundation for Moral Law, Inc., which is headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama (www.morallaw.org),
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
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Alan Caruba is a veteran business and science writer, a Public Relations Counselor, Communications Director of the American Policy Center,
and Founder of the National Anxiety Center, a clearinghouse for information about media-driven scare campaigns. Caruba writes a weekly
column, "Warning Signs," posted on the Internet website of the National Anxiety Center
(www.anxietycenter.com). A compilation of his past columns, entitled Warning Signs, is published by Merril Press. In addition
to Warning Signs, Caruba is the author of A Pocket Guide to Militant Islam and The United Nations vs. the United States,
both of which are available from the National Anxiety Center, 9 Brookside Road, Maplewood, New Jersey, 07040.
Copyright 2004 Alan Caruba
Published with Permission of Alan Caruba
ACaruba@AOL.Com
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