Judge Moore Tells Conferees Nation Needs to Turn Back to God
By: Administrative Account | Source: Agape Press
October 28, 2003 4:20PM EST

By Allie Martin
October 28, 2003

(AgapePress) - The man at the center of the battle of the right of government to publicly acknowledge God told those attending a weekend conference in Florida that the nation is on a dangerous and crooked path that must be reversed.

Judge Roy Moore

Suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore gave the closing address to nearly a thousand Christian activists at the "Reclaiming America for Christ" conference in Fort Lauderdale. During his hour-long speech, Moore said the recent effort by judges to remove all mention of God from the public square is in direct conflict with the first Congress of the United State.

"The first thing Congress did on September 25, 1789, was to ask the president to acknowledge a day of public thanksgiving and prayer -- and it was on [that same day] that they finalized the words of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution," Moore said.

The embattled judge recited the portion of that First Amendment that states: "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" -- then added: "That's the amendment today [that] they say forbids us from acknowledging God in our public square."

According to the Alabama jurist, too many judges want to put themselves in God's place -- and the American public has remained silent. He wonders if that silence can be attributed to too many Christians having bought into the lie of secular humanism, the result being a falling away from God.

"We're taking the long route around everything," Moore stated. "We try to improve our schools [by pouring] in the money; it doesn't help -- they get worse. We try to improve our government -- but really the only improvement we can have is by turning back to the source of these things, and that's God. We're denying the very source of our morality."

Moore said as he travels the nation in the wake of the publicity surrounding the Ten Commandments case, he is discovering that many people are finally realizing that something is wrong in America's judicial system. He said it is always wrong when one branch of government tries to force its will on another branch.

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