[Auntie Mame]

I believe the Ten Commandments are specific to all Christian and Jewish faiths. They are the foundation of our laws, you know, like how it's against the law to commit murder--"Thou Shalt Not Kill," and it's against the law to steal--"Thou Shalt Not Steal."

However, since the days of Moses (he was the one who went up on a mountain and came back with these ten laws, supposedly from God), the law has blossomed into millions of volumes of books and frankly, I think we don't need the Ten Commandments anymore, they're so old fashioned. You know, I just read a 28-page, 20,000 word law review article on the meaning of the words, "foreign state." I mean, how can ten commandments, probably comprising a total of about 80 words, even compare with the learned treatise I read today?

We are surely living in interesting times, Consort.

[Labyrinthos]

I believe the Ten Commandments are specific to all Christian and Jewish faiths. They are the foundation of our laws, you know, like how it's against the law to commit murder--"Thou Shalt Not Kill," and it's against the law to steal--"Thou Shalt Not Steal."

Then put up a sign that reminds people that under the laws of Alabama they are not allowed to kill, steal, lie, cheat, or screw another person's wife. No need to shove the religious part down our throats also. BTW, what provision of the Alabama Penal Code prohibits a person from using the lord's name in vain or from having other god's before them. Although the bible thumpers claim that the purpose of Moore's Monument is to remind people of the origin of our laws, at least five of the ten commandments are purely religious and to the best of my knowledge do not relate to any crime on the books of any state.

[TexasRepublic]

I think we don't need the Ten Commandments anymore, they're so old fashioned

So, you wouldn't particularly offended if someone robbed and killed you? It's the hip and modern thing to do, you know.