Baphomet monument to be erected in Oklahoma
Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 7:59 am
http://m.vice.com/read/heres-the-first- ... statehouse
The person creating the statue has a very valid point that if the 10 commandment are allowed to be in a government office building than this one should legally be allowed as well. Legally unless they remove the 10 commandments as well they really can't say anything about putting this monument up which is really the core of this.
Its acceptable for Christian religious items (like the 10 commandments) to be displayed publicly on government property (when we have a separation of Church and state). The idea behind it is that if they can keep the commandments up than they have no ground to debate and say that this monument can't be put up.
They are basically saying if you accept religious monuments of one form on government property you need to accept all of them. There is even a line in the article that basically says as much:
“After all,” Greaves told me, “the Ten Commandments still stand at the State Capitol. We are fully willing to place our monument at the Capitol, even while the ACLU suit is fought, with the understanding that a judgment against the Ten Commandments will have ramifications for our monument as well, likely resulting in the removal of both.”
So in the end they know that if the ACLU decision to remove the commandments is made their statue will be removed too, which as far as I can see, they accept and will take graciously.
The person creating the statue has a very valid point that if the 10 commandment are allowed to be in a government office building than this one should legally be allowed as well. Legally unless they remove the 10 commandments as well they really can't say anything about putting this monument up which is really the core of this.
Its acceptable for Christian religious items (like the 10 commandments) to be displayed publicly on government property (when we have a separation of Church and state). The idea behind it is that if they can keep the commandments up than they have no ground to debate and say that this monument can't be put up.
They are basically saying if you accept religious monuments of one form on government property you need to accept all of them. There is even a line in the article that basically says as much:
“After all,” Greaves told me, “the Ten Commandments still stand at the State Capitol. We are fully willing to place our monument at the Capitol, even while the ACLU suit is fought, with the understanding that a judgment against the Ten Commandments will have ramifications for our monument as well, likely resulting in the removal of both.”
So in the end they know that if the ACLU decision to remove the commandments is made their statue will be removed too, which as far as I can see, they accept and will take graciously.