Restore The Commandments

We Now Have The Legal Right To Display The Ten Commandments in Government Buildings!

In 2022, the United States Supreme Court, in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, held that the standard in the 1971 case of Lemon v. Kurtzman was in error. The Court replaced the Lemon test and ordered that the new standard is Kennedy and decisions thereafter are to be made “by reference to historical precedent and understandings”. The Court thus reversed 50 years of rulings under the Lemon test, under which the Ten Commandments and other historical acknowledgment were wrongly removed from public display in Alabama and across the United States.  Read 1819 News opinion piece by Laura Clark Rise up, Christians! ‘Lemon’ is dead!

Alabamians Support Displaying The Ten Commandments

On June 3, 2024, a professional poll found that 801 registered Alabama voters overwhelmingly support this action. (IVR phone survey)
Question: Would you support displaying the Ten Commandments in public buildings? 79% said Yes.
Question: Would you support displaying the Commandments in the Alabama Judicial Building? 82% said Yes.

We the people of Alabama and these United States petition the Alabama Governor, Lt. Governor, Senate Pro Tem, Speaker of the House, and the Justices of the Alabama Supreme Court, to display the Ten Commandments in prominent places inside the buildings of the three branches of government: the Capitol Building, State House and Alabama Judicial Buildings.

John Eidsmoe on The Use of the Ten Commandments in American Courts

Join The Movement!

You can join the movement to help restore the Ten Commandments by helping us collect signatures from your friends and family or even set up a table at your church.  Directions:  Print the 2 documents below; the petition and the table sign.  People can sign the petition easily by using their phone and the QR code on the table sign.  Those signatures will automatically be collected online when they use the QR code.  Or people can sign by hand with a pen on the printed petition below. (Click on it to print.)  Once the handwritten signatures are collected then you can use the QR code or go to https://www.votervoice.net/AlabamaEagle/Petitions/4842/Respond and type the names and info in one by one. OR you can email the completed petition forms to Becky@alabamaEagle.org.

Laura Clark: Rise Up, Christians "Lemon" Is Dead"

I have discussed at length the problem of Christians not allowing their faith to permeate every aspect of their lives. We are terrified to let our Christianity show for fear it may offend or push someone away. This problem is compounded at work, especially if you work for the government, whether federal, state, or local.

 

Christians are constantly told to keep their faith out of the workplace because of “separation of church and state,” a made-up concept not found anywhere in law. Erroneous though it was, this concept was given teeth through a decision by the United States Supreme Court called Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971). In this case, the court issued a test for determining whether an action violates the Establishment Clause of the Constitution – in other words, if the government is endorsing a religion. Under the Lemon test, an action, statute, or rule must 1) have a secular purpose, 2) not have the primary effect of promoting nor inhibiting religion, and 3) not foster “excessive government entanglement with religion.”

 

You can see how this test would be a thorn in the flesh of the judiciary, employers, and employees. It’s too arbitrary.

 

A lot can promote or inhibit religion. What is considered excessive? Who has the right to sue? Any random offended observer could technically sue because they heard a teacher praying in her classroom alone.

 

This rule fostered a lot of lawsuits. The Freedom From Religion Foundation was created just for the purpose of finding offended observers and sending threatening but bogus letters on their behalf to scare Christians into quiet submission. Just recently they sent a letter to the Birmingham Police Department for praying at their Roll Call meetings.  

 

Well, no more! Lemon is dead!

 

In 2022, the Supreme Court ruled in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District to put a wooden stake in the haunting ghoul of the Lemon test. It removed the three-prong test and replaced it with the “historical practices and understanding” test, which is much simpler, has better lines, and gives Christians a reason to rejoice.

 

Now, cities all over the U.S. can put up nativity displays around City Hall. Courts can proudly display the 10 Commandments, the moral basis for our laws. Prayer can be held in school. An employee may put up a Bible verse at their desk. An employee may evangelize or say “God bless you” at work.

 

In other words, Christians, it’s time to stop hiding and start rejoicing. It is time we use our God-given right to Freedom of Speech to praise God and spread the Gospel message. Fear no more!

 

Laura Clark is a wife, mother, and community activist. She currently serves as the interim president of Alabama Center for Law and Liberty, a conservative nonprofit law firm that fights for limited government, free markets, and strong families in the courts. Anything written by Laura for this publication does not constitute legal advice.

Originally Published in 1819News.com on 5.10.24, 

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