Tolerence goes both ways of course. I am discussing this with you aren't I? You aren't public, you are a citizen, and part of a body of public that constitute the public. YOU, alone, are not the public.
"Who the f*&@ are you? "
I am a citizen, guaranteed protection from your religion. Who are you?
No, the Ten Commandments don't make me uncomfortable. The question is; are you so weak in your personal beliefs that you have the need to constantly see them to keep yourself in line? If you don't view them when you walk into a courthouse, are you afraid you're going to have sex with your neighbors wife? Why are you so afraid of not seeing the commandemnts smeared upon the walls of our facilities?
Ooh, like with bodyguards carrying guns and everything? Watch out! Whew! Almost got hit by robertpaulsen's religion -- that was a close one.
As written by the Founding Fathers, you were guaranteed two things when it came to religion.
1) Congress was forbidden from creating a national religion. If the states wished to create, or continue with, a state-sponsored and state-funded religion, that was hunky dory with the framers of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. As proof, they affixed their signatures to those documents.
2) Congress was forbidden from making any law which prohibited the free exercise of an individual's religion. The states, however, were free to do so.
Other than the above constitutional protections, I have no idea what you mean when you say that you are "guaranteed protection from my religion". And I'm not about to guess.
"No, the Ten Commandments don't make me uncomfortable."
Yes, the Ten Commandments do make you uncomfortable. Otherwise, you'd look upon them as harmless symbol of the Christian principles upon which this country was founded.