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To: careyb
the board's attorney advised that such Christian displays represent unconstitutional government endorsement of religion

Which religion? The Ten Commandments are part of many religions and I bet equivalents can be found in non-Abrahamaic faiths too. Just shows how little you need to know about religion to be an attorney.

2 posted on 01/24/2011 5:42:09 AM PST by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: GOP_Party_Animal
Which religion? The Ten Commandments are part of many religions and I bet equivalents can be found in non-Abrahamaic faiths too. Just shows how little you need to know about religion to be an attorney.

So then wouldn't that mean that in order not to endorse a particular sect then all the versions of the 10 Commandments must be posted and not just a particular one?

10 posted on 01/24/2011 5:58:10 AM PST by K-Stater
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To: GOP_Party_Animal
...decision was made even though the board's attorney advised that such Christian displays represent unconstitutional government endorsement of religion.

I wonder if their attorney actually made specific reference to the Ten Commandments being a "Christian display" when he advised the Board, or if the above is just some ignorant reporter's paraphrasing of the attorney's words.

Because IF their attorney does not know that the Ten Commandments are NOT Christian in origin, then he is not competent to represent them, in my opinion.

35 posted on 01/24/2011 7:56:34 AM PST by WayneS (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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