Key denounces 10 commandments monument ruling.

It’s all about State Sovereignty.    It’s not whether or not the 10 Commandments monument is a good or bad idea, it’s about the fact that the State has the right to do as it pleases - according to the 10the Amendment of said Constitution.  So to say that a monument is “unconstitutional” and therefore cannot be erected, is in fact, self-contradictory because it defies the 10th Amendment of the Constitution itself.
Differences of religion are going to exist and rightfully so.  So lets be clear here folks…. Liberty is not about placating one view or the other.   If the people of a state want to erect a statue to reflect their views then who is the federal government to stop them.   If I personally don’t like the monument, so what?  The government does not exist to stroke me.   So if the town wants a statue, they should have a statue.

Read on…

Oklahoma House of Representatives

Media Division

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact: State Rep. Charles Key

Capitol: (405) 557-7354

Key Denounces Ruling That Haskell County

Ten Commandments Monument is Unconstitutional

OKLAHOMA CITY (June 9, 2009) – State Rep. Charles Key today denounced a
ruling that a Ten Commandments monument in Haskell County was
unconstitutional.

“The federal government does not have the authority to
prohibit a county or the people in a county from putting up any monument
of their liking,” Key, R-Oklahoma City, said. “We have come to this point
in our nation because of a liberal interpretation of the U.S.
Constitution. The 10^th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says ‘all
powers not specifically delegated to the federal government are reserved
to the states and the people,’”

Key further stated that the liberal legal philosophy referred
to as “implied powers” has slowly spread through our judicial system over
the last several decades until it has become a dominant policy.

“The Constitution either means what it says or it means
whatever the courts say case by case or even day to day. This ruling is an
affront to and dangerous violation of the people’s rights to make their
own decisions regarding free speech and religious expression,” Key said.

Key is the author of HCR 1028, The 10^th Amendment Resolution,
which passed the Oklahoma House and Senate and has been introduced in 34
states.