Christian Leader: Bible Display Removal Order Proves Christians Need to Know Their Rights
by Allie Martin
January 19, 2005
(AgapePress) - The founder and president of Vision America says the recent removal of a Bible in front of a Texas courthouse is yet another example of an out-of-control judiciary in a politically correct climate.Earlier this month a court order forced the removal of a King James Bible from a 48-year-old monument in front of Houston's Harris County Courthouse. The Houston monument was erected by a homeless mission to honor a longtime supporter, and Vision America's Rick Scarborough says the Bible was prominently displayed for nearly half a century -- until one person complained. The entire case, he contends, is just one more example of an all too common misunderstanding of citizens' free-speech rights.
Scarborough says it is time to stop allowing one person's offense to authorize the perpetration of mass offense upon a whole culture. "Freedom means we have the freedom to exercise our belief system in the public square," he says. "Our founding fathers would roll over in their graves to see the interpretation the ACLU and their radical allies are now putting upon the people in America."
The Vision America spokesman says too many Christians do not realize how judicial activists and civil liberties groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and others have misinterpreted the constitution. He says one reason for this is that most churches have not properly educated believers about America's religious heritage and the Christian beliefs of many of the founding fathers.
Ideally, Scarborough says, the biblical Church "would be teaching some of these precepts through their Christian education program on Sunday morning." They are important ideas, he says, adding, "Our people cannot be good citizens if they don't understand who they are as Christians, first, but also as American Christians."
Allie Martin, a regular contributor to AgapePress, is a reporter for American Family Radio News, which can be heard online.
