The Ten Commandments are the subject of the day, with the omniscient Supreme Court deigning to distinguish between the Moral Ten and the Ethical Ten, the Universal Ten and the Parochial Ten, the Societal Ten and the Religious Ten. If you ask me, God still wins on points, 10-9.
I'll be honest with you. I'm not ready yet to ponder the legal question. I just can't imagine making a decision to have the Ten Commandments taken down from any place at any time. Where is the respect? Where is the awe?
Yes, my friends. AWE.
They're secularists, those ignoble Justices who--certainly in the warped cases of Stevens & Ginsburg--view religion negatively.
ReplyDeleteHappy to see the LawJedi here. Great blog you have, sir.
ReplyDeleteWhile the Establishment Clause doesn't provide much guidance in this area, it is out of common respect to non-Christians that we should not have these displays. Spiritual proclamations such as these belong on private, not public property.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise, lets start putting up Satanic commandments ... or how about this for a change ... The Bill of Rights or some other document that is based in freedom and logic instead of intolerance and fairy tales.
Based on logic, yes, but that logic uses a creator as an axiom.
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