[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14376-14377]
[From the U.S. 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 
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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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