Rep. Hostetler Seeking Defiance of Court Order on 10 Commandments

[Ouabache]

http://www.masson.us/blog/archives/2005/06/rep_hostetler_s.html


The 8th District's Representative Hostettler has successfully attached an amendment to H.R. 2862 which prohibits federal money from funding marshals in any effort to enforce the order of Judge Richard L. Young of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in the ten commandments case of Russelburg v. Gibson County, decided January 31, 2005. (PDF document)

According to an AP story in the Indianapolis Star, even the defendants, the Gibson County officials, are distancing themselves from Rep. Hostettler (a/k/a "the Gunslinger").

The jist of the opinion in the Gibson County Ten Commandments case is this:

while a large majority of those that pass by the monument in Princeton may find its inscription to be consistent with their intentions and beliefs, Plaintiffs and perhaps numerous others do not share that same feeling. Our forefathers strived to craft a Constitution and Bill of Rights which took into account the need for government to be "of all the people," no matter what religious beliefs they hold or choose not to hold. It is the considered opinion of those that interpret the law in this circuit that the display of a Ten Commandments monument, such as is at issue here, on the lawn of the seat of local government is in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution which dictates that our government not appear to promote, discourage or endorse any particular religious beliefs.


Consequently, Judge Young ordered the monument removed. It is this court order that Representative Hostettler seeks to defy.

http://www.masson.us/blog/archives/2005/06/rep_hostetler_s.html

[DrGonzoLives]

1. Again, fuck Hostettler

Please, someone in the 8th defeat this walking pile of garbage.

[thinkingwoman]

2. rule of law

is embraced by repukes ONLY when it benefits them. Otherwise, they "don't need no stinkin rule of law."

[LostInAnomie]

3. Here in Princeton (Home of the Ten Commandment Controversy)...

... the people absolutely adore that slimy piece of shit. There are calls for the defense attorney who said that they will follow the rule of law to resign. We are an absolutely twisted community and I can't wait to get the hell out.

[LisaLynne]

4. Ugh, I'm sorry.

Good luck getting out. :)

[kliljedahl]

5. The POS was just on CNN defending the flag burning amendment

Guess what? Almost the first words out of his piehole were "September 11"


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