I Saw

Dear Sir,

I saw a mailbox in the shape of a fish. I assume someone inside enjoys fishing. I also remember seeing signs in yards with names of people seeking some political office. I also assumed someone on the inside believed in the same principles as the named individual on the sign. So what would one assume about city hall?

Many of the arguments concerning the monument have said the country was founded on this or that principle. It was Thomas Jefferson, one of those founders, who coined the phrase ''Separation of Church and State." That specific phrase does not appear word for word in the Constitution but neither does "Fair Trial." Neither the Trinity, Immaculate Conception nor Christmas appears in the bible but like that of all documents we know what these phrases represent.

Based on the past interpretations of the Constitution the monument will need to removed, but that doesn't mean that those wish the monument to stay in its current location should not make their voices heard. That's the 1st Amendment, which by the way, is part of something we 'refer' to as the Bill of Rights. This is not an attack of the 10 Commandments. I don’t remember any arguments about whether or not the ‘rules’ were good or bad. The question that must be answered is: does the monument violate the Constitution? Does it alienate other religions? Even if it isn’t the majority religion and more importantly when it is not. If you call people heathens, devil worshipers or whatever, that only shows why Thomas Jefferson and other founders decided to circumvent intolerance by writing, “make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”

St. Clair Mellard