[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 87 (Monday, June 27, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H5218]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE SUPREME COURT

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, with the Supreme Court's decision regarding 
the Ten Commandments, they basically ruled as they had inferred, during 
oral arguments, as I witnessed them personally, in their chamber. They 
made fairly clear through their opinion that the only way the Ten 
Commandments are supposed to be displayed is if it is done in such a 
way as to render them completely meaningless.
  Now, they just seem to have forgotten the fact that when the Founders 
and writers of the Constitution were alive, Old Testament scriptures, 
including the Ten Commandments, were frequently cited as a basis for 
laws being passed. Now, the majority has become wise in their own eyes 
to the detriment of the country, but it is only when the Ten 
Commandments are rendered completely meaningless that you can come out 
with a decision like we had the last 2 weeks where a city is allowed to 
take someone's property just because they think somebody may build a 
bigger, better, more expensive house; they can get more tax dollars.
  We need to shed some light in the windowless ivory tower in which 
these decisions have been made.




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