Ohio judge sued for pushing religion in court... again.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State has just filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case of ACLU of Ohio v. DeWeese. They've been joined in the brief by The Interfaith Alliance, the Anti-Defamation League, the Hindu American Foundation and the Union for Reform Judaism. So who is DeWeese and why are all these organizations joining the suit against him?
Richland County Common Pleas Judge James DeWeese has a penchant for displaying the 10 Commandments in his courtroom; something that other courts have decided many times before constitutes an unconstitutional government endorsement of religion. It's also not the first time Judge De Weese has been in court over such a display. He was ordered to take down a 10 Commandments poster in 2002 and another one in 2005. 2008 saw him back in court again for the same thing.
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Permalink Reply by Ian on -
This is not merely a ten commandments poster; it is a home made poster with the judge's personal comments scribbled in. These include -
" I join the founders in personally acknowledging the importance of Almighty God’s fixed moral standards for restoring the moral fabric of this nation."
See -
http://www.acluohio.org/docket/#EstablishmentClause
This sets the field at a slant against those who deny the judge's particular god's existence, or dare to believe in some other god(s). It is this kind of bias that the establishment clause was written to preclude.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh Kramer on -
Which founders said that?
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Permalink Reply by Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty on -
What on earth is that person doing still on the bench?
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