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Article: CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE DIVIDES EVANGELICALS.(FRONT)
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- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- August 23, 2003
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Byline: Associated Press
The dramatic showdown over a Ten Commandments display in the Alabama Judicial Building highlights a split among evangelical Protestants over whether -- and exactly when -- to practice civil disobedience.
While they are sympathetic to the cause of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, some influential conservative thinkers have also taken him to task for failing to respect the legal system.
The Rev. Richard Land, social issues spokesman for the 16.2 million-member Southern Baptist Convention, said he agrees with Moore that Ten Commandment displays in public buildings are legal under the U.S. Constitution. But he was sharply ...