BREAKING: Ten Commandments Being Moved Out of Boise ID Park

[CO Liberal]

Just announced on CBS Radio News. The monument has been in the park since the 1950s.

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ON EDIT: a link:

City of Boise moving Ten Commandments Monument
March 29, 2004

The city of Boise is moving the Ten Commandments monument from a city park this afternoon over protests from religious activists.

Mayor Dave Bieter signaled the move more than a week ago after the protesters failed to gain any legal ground in trying to keep the monument in the park.

The ton-and-a-half monument will be moved to St. Michael's Episcopal Cathedral across the street from the State Capitol in downtown Boise. Although the new location is much more prominent than the one the monument has occupied since 1965, religious groups have fought to keep it on public property.

Boise Police Captain Mike Webb says he expects peaceful demonstrations.

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http://www.localnews8.com/home/675401.html

[soleft]

1. Is that the one involved in the Phelps monument controversy?

[CO Liberal]

2. No - Phelps' Is a New One

They said this one has been in the part since the '50s.

ON EDIT: Apparantly, the city decided to remove teh Ten Commandments monument from the park because Fred Phelps wanted to put his anti-gay monument next to it.

[ezee]

4. monument

is not the one with Phelps. I don't think. But this is sure going to piss off the religious right

[stepnw1f]

3. Good is this Case means bad for all

Because tax dollars should be spent representing all people, religious and non-religious.

[DarkPhenyx]

5. Meaning what?

Please clarify your position.

[Mari333]

6. when I see a monument devoted to Satan, Hindus, Atheists, Wicca

Agnostics, Shintoists, all 3 versions of the 10 commandmants (yes,there are 3 versions), Buddhists, Muslims, Pagans, and every other religion and non religious philosophy out there then I wont bitch about just 1 version of someone's religious views being on public property. Until I see that, believe me, its all or nothing.
You and I know full well that the people who want their version of the 10Cs on public property would scream bloody murder if the rest of the religions and non religions in the US had their own plaque on public land.

[Bride of Cthulhu]

12. right on!!

> You and I know full well that the people who want their version of the 10Cs on public property would scream bloody murder if the rest of the religions and non religions in the US had their own plaque on public land.


You just made the understatement of the year.

[izzie]

7. How history tells us we were not set up to be a church state.

When will people learn.

[boobooday]

8. Wow, how enlightened of them

And it is so simple to move it to church property. Geez. It's all about sponsorship.

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[James T. Kirk]

9. "Breaking Ten Commandments"

"Breaking Ten Commandments". Very funny. "Breaking commandments". Ha!

[maxsolomon]

10. this goes against our entire tradition!

our entire tradition is 40 years long.

[Sugarbleus]

11. I agree with Mari, but I also agree in part with Step...

Personally, I don't want the "faith of my fathers"...ahem...being pushed forcefully into the face of my fellow countrymen. I do believe in the separation of church and state. Like Mari, if all beliefs can be represented, then cool on 10C's.

However, if there is a LONG,LONG,LONG STANDING monument or buildings with religious frieze BUILT in, or sculptures/statues in public etc, I wouldn't want tax dollars spent or blood pressures rise for REMOVING those things. Can you just see the Capitol building being razed because of some religious symbolism? That's going too far. I hope we won't see groups calling for the dissembling of crosses, stars of david, crescents in CEMETERIES???
If a thing is built in to our aging structures,then it's part of our historical architecture, right or wrong, and ought to be left alone.
Respectfully....

[leesa]

13. Screw the ten commandments. None of the Fundies follow them anyway