Very last evening whilst seeing Hannity & Colmes on Fox Information (ten-26-2006), a segment featured an African American guy who was held in contempt of court docket for expressing “Oh Lord.” What is heading on right here? Is this continue to not the United States of The united states, where the U.S. Supreme Court docket opens their day-to-day classes with the invocation: “God preserve the United States and this Honorable Court docket.”

I failed to listen to what condition court docket this gentleman appeared in, but my hunch is it was somewhere in California. Perhaps that decide forgot that engraved in stone above the head of the United States Main Justice are the Ten Commandments. Moses is also involved among the terrific lawgivers in Herman A. MacNeil’s marble-sculpture reduction on the East Portico in scenario their is any question as to where those people Ten Commandments originated.

Our national Declaration of Independence uphold our God-offered rights. These inherent rights have by no means been additional fortunately expressed than in the Declaration of Independence, which states: “We keep these truths to be self-apparent that all gentlemen are endowed by their Creator with specific inalienable rights and that among these are lifestyle, liberty and the pursuit of pleasure, and to safe these”–not grant them but safe them–“governments are instituted among gentlemen.”

United Supreme Court docket 1844, in the scenario of Vidal v. Girard’s Executors, 43 U.S. 126, 132, Justice Joseph Tale sent the court’s opinion. The scenario concerned one Stephen Girard, a deist from France, who experienced moved to Philadelphia and later died. In his will he remaining he overall estate, valued at above $7 million, to set up an orphanage and university, with the stipulation that no spiritual impact be permitted. The metropolis rejected the proposal, as their legal professionals mentioned:

“The system of training proposed is anti-Christian, and as a result repugnant to the law….”

United States Supreme Court docket February 29, 1892, in the scenario of Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 143 US 457-458, 465-471, 36 L ed 226, Justice Josiah Brewer rendered the superior court’s conclusion stating:

“The Declaration of Independence acknowledges the existence of the Divine in human affairs. …The pleasure of a individuals and the superior get and preservation of civil authorities effectively rely upon piety, faith and morality. …Religion, morality, and know-how [are] vital to superior authorities, the preservation of liberty, and the pleasure of mankind.”

The decide who not long ago couldn’t tummy “Oh Lord” in his court docket would do perfectly to recall that the liberty of expression is upheld in the very first modification of the Structure. Additionally it is traditionally acknowledged and documented all over our national heritage that we are a Christian, God-fearing country. This decide acted dishonorably and really should be held of contempt of court docket, not the citizen who claimed “Oh Lord.”