Alabama Judge Wears Ten Commandments on Robe

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2004-12-15 07:36am

Ala. Judge Wears Ten Commandments on Robe

Goddamn it! Here we fucking go again...

Post by **NecronLord** » 2004-12-15 07:42am

Wow. That's actually kinda nifty of him.

Chris OFarrell · Post by **Chris OFarrell** » 2004-12-15 07:44am

Perinquus wrote:Ala. Judge Wears Ten Commandments on Robe

Goddamn it! Here we fucking go again...

Yey! Now the SCOTUS gets to smack him down...again. I hope.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-12-15 08:53am

Aren't those robes suppose to be uniform or something?

Post by **Kuja** » 2004-12-15 09:28am

Jesus Christmas.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2004-12-15 09:48am

Welcome to our theocracy, where it's okay for government to endorse religion.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2004-12-15 10:04am

My fave bit had to be this

McKathan told The Associated Press that he believes the Ten Commandments represent the truth "and you can't divorce the law from the truth. ... The Ten Commandments can help a judge know the difference between right and wrong."

With that line of thought, I await the day where a judge claiming that his sacrifices to the Blood God help him to behold the truth from the lies of others.

Oh yeah...here's hoping that SCOTUS hurts him in some small fashion.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-12-15 10:08am

I wonder which version of the ten commandments he used?

"I applaud Judge McKathan. It is time for our judiciary to recognize the moral basis of our law," Moore said.

Haha, yeah, not cooking a yak in its mother's milk really falls under that.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2004-12-15 10:41am

That judge has just given everyone who has gone through his court room the ability to challenge his rulings on the basis of a bias that the law does not support. That judge clearly sees his religious beliefs as higher then the law, and the courts can not support that.

Congradulations you fucking idiot judge. You've just helped destroy the court system by showing such an obvios biass.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-12-15 10:47am

I'm so fucking tired of the logic fallacy employed by those "our laws are based on the Bible" idiots. They invariably "prove" it by showing that parts of the law are coincident with parts of the Bible. By that logic, Nazism is based on the Bible too, but they invariably go berserk at the suggestion.

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2004-12-15 10:55am

Ten Commandments. Ten Amendments (in the Bill of Rights). Well, I'm convinced.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-12-15 10:56am

ugh... well, what can I expect, it is Ala fucking bama

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-12-15 11:00am

Superman wrote:Welcome to our theocracy, where it's okay for government to endorse religion.

It would be a theocracy execept for the little fact that idiocy like this has been smacked down repeatedly.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-12-15 11:11am

No seriously, guys isn't the blank black robe a uniform, I thought they weren't allowed to put anything on it?

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-12-15 11:19am

frigidmagi wrote:No seriously, guys isn't the blank black robe a uniform, I thought they weren't allowed to put anything on it?

No, not hardly.

Now, biasing things like that are certainly not going to be allowed. There's no way something like that would be allowed but a judge does not have have any sort of mandatory uniform. Not in the same military regulations sense that you're talking about.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2004-12-15 11:26am

Think of all the money wasted on the court cost associated with these clowns and the inevitable lawsuits to follow. Wouldn't it be better spend on schools and roads?

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-12-15 11:28am

Wicked Pilot wrote:Think of all the money wasted on the court cost associated with these clowns and the inevitable lawsuits to follow. Wouldn't it be better spend on schools and roads?

Absolutelty. We is why it's tempting to take back the civil war, let Alabama go it's own way.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2004-12-15 11:32am

Stormbringer wrote:Absolutelty. We is why it's tempting to take back the civil war, let Alabama go it's own way.

Great, then we'll have to worry about all the illegal Alabamians crossing the boarder to escape poverty and to look for a new life in America.

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2004-12-15 11:37am

Judge Idiot wrote:McKathan told The Associated Press that he believes the Ten Commandments represent the truth "and you can't divorce the law from the truth. ... The Ten Commandments can help a judge know the difference between right and wrong."

So... I guess all those years in law school on top of a lifetime's worth of education just isn't enough to help know that all-important difference between right and wrong.

He needs his little pin to help remind him of that difference.

Does his mommy sew his name on his judicial robes to help remind him of what he's called as well?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-12-15 11:41am

So people need the Ten Commandments in order to rule on matters of law? Which commandment does one use in order to rule on (for example) a criminal negligence suit brought against a factory owner for allegedly unsafe working conditions? Or a child-pornography case? Or an intellectual property case? Or a drunk-driving case? I'd love to know how one constructs a Ten Commandments-based ruling in situations like this.

Luzifer's right hand · Post by **Luzifer's right hand** » 2004-12-15 11:42am

Rye wrote:I wonder which version of the ten commandments he used?

"I applaud Judge McKathan. It is time for our judiciary to recognize the moral basis of our law," Moore said.
Haha, yeah, not cooking a yak in its mother's milk really falls under that.

A question because I know next to nothing about the law in the US.
Is the american law based on the roman law(like in germany for example)?

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2004-12-15 11:46am

Luzifer's right hand wrote:
Rye wrote:I wonder which version of the ten commandments he used?

"I applaud Judge McKathan. It is time for our judiciary to recognize the moral basis of our law," Moore said.
Haha, yeah, not cooking a yak in its mother's milk really falls under that.
A question because I know next to nothing about the law in the US.
Is the american law based on the roman law(like in germany for example)?

Mostly, American law is based upon English common law, while Louisiana's laws also incorporate the Napoleonic Code into its weave.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-12-15 11:50am

fuuuck... every idiot this g has convicted just got a free appeal as well.

Sporkzen · Post by **Sporkzen** » 2004-12-15 12:48pm

Wicked Pilot wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:Absolutelty. We is why it's tempting to take back the civil war, let Alabama go it's own way.
Great, then we'll have to worry about all the illegal Alabamians crossing the boarder to escape poverty and to look for a new life in America.

hmm... since i'm in north alabama can we just let the south part of the state leave.

Oh god i got this image of alabama becoming this North Korean like state with Roy Moore in charge threatening nukes at the non believers of the U.S.

I just dont understand what the deal with people here that makes them want to shove their religion down your throat.

kheegster · Post by **kheegster** » 2004-12-15 12:54pm

I know fundies are dumb, but so dumb that they can't remember the 10 Commandments and have to pin it to their robe? These guys just simply trying to shove things down other peoples' throat, not trying to preserve their own beliefs....

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