To: coffeebreak
I like it better the way it was when the country was founded - nobody put statues or plaques of the Ten Commandments in courthouses then. It's a 20th century invention. Cecille B. DeMille, the director of "The Ten Commandments" funded it in order to promote his movie, and the Fraternal Order of the Eagles did his legwork.
You're welcome to try to change things to suit yourself. It is, after all, a free country.
To: CobaltBlue
You're welcome to try to change things to suit yourself. It is, after all, a free country.
This won't work with me. The Constitution is quite clear; it says 'establish'.
Swearing on the Bible in court doesn't violate the establishment clause either. Now if a state's legislature passed a law saying that all residents will convert to the Muslim religion at the start of the following year, they would be in violation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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