Ah, someone finally brings up the one thing that is a concern of mine in this case. And I agree with you. There are many great things such as not murdering, stealing, lying or coveting that transcend mere "religion" and are about individual rights. Then there are the overtly Judeo-Christian passages.
Does the fact that this is posted on a COURT HOUSE imply that all Ten concepts are codeified in our law, and if one chooses to not believe in the Christian God, or doesn't keep the Sabath holy, then that person may find himself/herself in front of the court facing punishment?
The fact is there's a lot of stuff in the Ten Commandments that is absolutely none of the government's business.
In deed.
Does the fact that this is posted on a COURT HOUSE imply that all Ten concepts are codeified in our law, and if one chooses to not believe in the Christian God, or doesn't keep the Sabath holy, then that person may find himself/herself in front of the court facing punishment?No.
Does the fact that this is posted on a COURT HOUSE imply that all Ten concepts are codeified in our law, and if one chooses to not believe in the Christian God, or doesn't keep the Sabath holy, then that person may find himself/herself in front of the court facing punishment?There's that. The counterpoint would be that one might find excerpts from the Code of Hammurabi or the Magna Carta posted as well. In a historical rather than a devotional sense, its permissable.
Now if the judge begins quoting the Commandments or other scripture in court, as a judge did in Cleveland a few years back, that's a different matter entirely.....
-Eric
Of course not. It's just a memorial to the 10 Commandments - and the fact that it's one of the cornerstones of some of our laws.