Supreme Court Decision on Ten Commandments is Shallow and Unwise
The US Supreme Court issued a split decision on the constitutionality of religious symbols on public property. While they voted 5-4 to rule that display of Ten Commandments inside courthouses was inappropriate endorsement of religion, they also ruled 5-4 that display of Ten Commandments outside the courthouse on government land was acceptable. .. [ Click for More ]
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The writer of the article believes that that the presence of the Ten Commandments inside courthouses is appropriate. It is interesting to notice that he is Muslim. He states that there is nothing wrong with religion in the government because Muslims believe in religious law. Most people today including law enforcers in the courts do not follow the Ten Commandments, so why should they be written inside the court? I understand that religious law is important in part of the world, but the United States is too ethnically diverse to be ruled over by one religion. Therefore, I believe that if religious is not a part of the law; it should not be a part of the court system. All citizens are entitled to equal rights no matter their religion, for that reason where these rights are enforced, the courthouses, there should be no mention of religious values such as the Ten Commandments.
I agree totally with Megan on this topic. America is full of way to many ethnicites and religions to have the Ten Commandments sitting in a courthouse. If the jusge himself doesn't follow them, why shiould they be in there? We dont have religious laws, so therefore we should have no kind of religious symbols in our courtrooms.
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