Here's today's Washington Watch Daily commentary from FRC Radio:
In Florida, the ACLU has issued its own commandment: Thou shalt remove thy biblical monument. The liberal group is referring to a granite sculpture of the Ten Commandments outside the Dixie County court. It was installed last November after a businessman donated it and the City Council approved it. Because the display invokes the name of God, the ACLU argues that it violates the Establishment Clause. But ironically, it’s the same God that kicks off the national motto, “In God We Trust.” Several states have passed bills to protect similar monuments. As one legislator said, “I just think it’s a darn good moral code.” And he’s not alone. The public strongly supports posting the Ten Commandments on government property. Some polls have shown as much as 77 percent approve of the displays. That’s why it’s a little surprising that the ACLU resurrected their campaign. All of these lawsuits should have taught them that it’s hard to get a guilty verdict on the “ten most wanted” list.
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Comments (1)
A **** good moral code?
I think the commandments themselves are unconstititional. Just look at the first two:
1. You shall have no God but me.
2. You shall make no images of other Gods.
Now, how do these compare with the constition? They would, if enforced, break it. The constitution explicltly states that the citizens of America have freedom of religion and freedom of expression - in clear contradiction to those two commandments, which forbid the worship of any god but *the* God, and the creation of graven idols (Which could include non-christian/jewish churches and religious texts).
As for the rest... 3, 4 and 5 have no influence on or equivilent in US law. 6, 7, 8 are in US law, but not because of a religious influence - they are common sense, to prevent society from collapsing. 9 isn't in because its impossible to enforce a law against thought. And if people actually respected 10, the economy would collapse.
So this monument outside a courthouse is actually completly irrelivent to the precedings inside.
February 27, 2007 9:40 AM | Comment Permalink