Judge Halts Bible Giveaway at Mo. School
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A federal judge ordered a small-town school to suspend a program that gives free Bibles to students, saying it improperly promotes Christianity.
U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Perry also scolded school officials for continuing the program after warnings that it violated the Constitution.
(Snip, more at link)
Perhaps Catherine Perry should spend some time reading the Constitution:
"The First Amendment to the Constitution plainly states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion ..." Since there can be no federal law on the subject, there appears to be no lawful basis for any element of the federal government – including the courts – to act in this area.
Moreover, the 10th Amendment to the Constitution plainly states that "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
This means that the power to make laws respecting an establishment of religion, having been explicitly withheld from the United States, is reserved to the states or to the people."
(Alan Keyes)Preacher Arrested and Cuffed During Prayer
By Mark Harrison
The Times-Journal
Published August 30, 2006
An Oklahoma preacher arrested and charged with violating the Fort Payne Alabama noise ordinance at a tent revival Sunday pleaded – but he says he was only guilty of praying.
Dwayne Blue, of Tusla, Okla., entered the plea in Fort Payne municipal court Monday. The court ordered Blue to pay a $50 fine, $173 in court costs, and imposed a 24-month sentence, suspended.
Police arrested Blue at the tent revival at 114 Airport Rd. SW., directly behind the Holiday Inn Express, around 10:41 p.m. on Sunday. Police reports showed Blue had been preaching, but Blue said he was closing the day’s services with prayer when officers arrested him.
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