Judge's statements spark controversy

[Walt Starr]

Judge's statements spark controversy

6-22-05

By Eric Collins, Staff Writer
News & Record



GREENSBORO — The decision by local court officials to deny the use of the Quran for oaths has garnered national media attention and the scrutiny of a Washington-based Islamic civil rights group

Officials with the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Tuesday that statements by Guilford County's top judge seem to endorse a particular religion and could be a violation of the U.S. Constitution.

Guilford Senior Resident Superior Court Judge W. Douglas Albright told the News & Record last week that an oath taken on the Quran is not a lawful oath under state law. The law refers to laying one's hand on the "Holy Scriptures."

"Everybody understands what the holy scriptures are," Albright said then. "If they don't, we're in a mess

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Can you say, slippery slope? I knew that your could. BIG ISSUES HERE! Welcome to the theocracy!

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