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California courthouse to cover up Teddy Roosevelt quote

Thread ID: 15208 | Posts: 3 | Started: 2004-10-04

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londo [OP]

2004-10-04 12:03 | User Profile

By The Associated Press 10.01.04 RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Officials agreed to cover up a Theodore Roosevelt quote in a county courthouse, after the Anti-Defamation League argued it violated the constitutional separation of church and state.

Engraved in gold letters on a mahogany wall in a courtroom of the Riverside County Superior Court are the words, “The true Christian is the true citizen.” The phrase was part of a longer address the former president gave at a YMCA convention more than a century ago and is one of several that were engraved on the court’s walls about 70 years ago.

The ADL, which seeks to fight anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry, sent a letter to the court in July stating that the quote should be covered because it could be interpreted as a direct “endorsement of Christian faith.”

Alison Mayersohn, associate director of the group’s Pacific Southwest region, said that without the original context, the quote could easily be perceived by socially vulnerable groups, particularly minorities “as equating Christianity and good citizenship.”

The words will be covered with a wood panel within two weeks, County Counsel William Katzenstein said Sept. 29.

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Ponce

2004-10-04 13:43 | User Profile

For how long will the American people keep on taking the punches that the Jews keep on giving them on their faces?

I have no religion but the the USA was founded on Christianity and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

The Jews has already killed Christmas and many other holidays in the US that has been a tradition sinse the fundation of this land.

And how many Jewish holydays do we have now?

WAKE UP AMERICA OR SOON YOU WILL BE WEARING A BENNY CAP AND BANGING YOUR HEAD AGAINST A SO CALLED HOLY WALL.

Sertorius

2004-10-04 17:44 | User Profile

Ponce,

That's called a kippa.

For once, I'd love to see some official tell these s.o.b.s to go straight to hell.