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Founders had the right ideaDear Editor: It may sound odd, but I agree with Ed Lopacki. At least I’m with him on the idea he noted 11/21/04 from Isaiah 40:8, “the word of the Lord will stand forever." Outside that, though, the disagreement continues.
He laments, “secular judges," but most American jurists, even federal ones, are affiliated with some Christian sect. They tend to make secular decisions because American laws, especially federal ones, are secular by design.
The wise authors of our founding and governing documents deliberately crafted them secularly. They knew the dangers in sectarian rule and painstakingly worded those documents to prevent it. If the foundation of our law is being undermined, “sectarian judges" like Roy Moore are doing it.
The judge’s decision in Glassroth v. Moore, 2002, did no damage to the Ten Commandments. Being God’s words, their essence is indestructible. But Moore commandeered them, rode them to high office, then exploited them toward a strictly sectarian agenda. In the original spirit of the law, the judge freed them from Moore.
There is no question the Commandments, whichever version is applied, represent divine symbols of morality and virtue. They are relevant for our times and, as words of God, for all times. But we must never allow any one sect to have dominion over them.
We remain free so long as we keep God’s words free. If we allow the words of God to be the province of a single sect, we will be similarly confined. Fortunately, our Founders saw that relationship clearly.
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