tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434478454588713701.post5658886461932382679..comments2023-10-05T08:29:15.968-07:00Comments on JUST DUCKY: HELP SAVE THE MEMORIALmonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05645574896344685504noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434478454588713701.post-11540475401249486002009-06-25T23:15:02.530-07:002009-06-25T23:15:02.530-07:00Hey Monica! We'll just keep on telling people ...Hey Monica! We'll just keep on telling people what's going on. Goodness will ALWAYS override the bad...........Carol.............https://www.blogger.com/profile/00830052294446316415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434478454588713701.post-49890658588457821292009-06-25T23:08:08.785-07:002009-06-25T23:08:08.785-07:00Hey Dougie, enjoyed your entertaining comment..and...Hey Dougie, enjoyed your entertaining comment..and spoken like a true "modern day lawyer." Oh, by the way, I tried to leave you a comment on your blog but your page seems to be non accessible........ since 2007??!!!!Carol.............https://www.blogger.com/profile/00830052294446316415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434478454588713701.post-45857246837329161312009-06-25T22:07:24.677-07:002009-06-25T22:07:24.677-07:00The First Amendment embodies the simple, just idea...The First Amendment embodies the simple, just idea that each of us should be free to exercise his or her religious views without expecting that the government will endorse or promote those views and without fearing that the government will endorse or promote the religious views of others.<br /> <br />One often overlooked and sometimes complicated aspect of separation-of-church-and-state issues is the need to distinguish between government and individual speech. Under the First Amendment, individuals are free to express and practice their religious views publicly as well as privately. The government, though, is constrained under the First Amendment not to promote or otherwise take steps toward establishment of religion. When an individual acts in an official capacity on a government matter, he or she should conform to the First Amendment constraints on government. When an individual participates in an official event as an individual rather than as a government agent, he or she presumably has the freedom to express religious views. While figuring out whether someone is acting in an official or private capacity in any given circumstance can be complex, recognizing the distinction is critical.<br /><br />Whether the display of a monument is considered individual speech by the person(s) donating the monument or government speech by the government accepting it for display on its land will be decided as a matter of fact in each case. I don't know enough about the particulars of this case to have much feel for how this analysis would play out here. Reasonable people may differ, of course, on how the principles of separation of church and state should be applied in particular situations, but the principles are hardly to be doubted. Moreover, they are good, sound principles that should be nurtured and defended, not attacked. Efforts to transform our secular government into some form of religion-government partnership should be resisted by every patriot.Doug Indeaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16049465653137283724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434478454588713701.post-13009504596351184862009-06-25T20:50:47.701-07:002009-06-25T20:50:47.701-07:00Carol, I just think that is ridiculous, that after...Carol, I just think that is ridiculous, that after 75 years they want to take it down and what people need to realize is that right now it's memorials next it will be something else and if it doesn't stop here, it will never stop!monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05645574896344685504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434478454588713701.post-12348279617686261732009-06-25T19:18:38.264-07:002009-06-25T19:18:38.264-07:00Oh, I feel much better having said that! And I'...Oh, I feel much better having said that! And I'll add this to my blog also!Carol.............https://www.blogger.com/profile/00830052294446316415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434478454588713701.post-32564200843704298232009-06-25T19:17:22.007-07:002009-06-25T19:17:22.007-07:00Monica thanks for posting this, ...how DARE some o...Monica thanks for posting this, ...how DARE some of these dim-witt organizations take it upon themselves to represent a handful of individuals with nothing better to do than find fault with anything they can to get attention. I think the American people should be asked to vote on certain issues and the MAJORITY decision should stand and just tough for the minority who doesn't like it. I'm sick of bending over backwards to please a handful of problem makers that if they don't get their way stomp their feet like the spoiled stupid brats they are!Carol.............https://www.blogger.com/profile/00830052294446316415noreply@blogger.com