Here we go again:
Dial And The Decalogue: Alabama Senator Pushes Commandments Amendment
Forget what the Constitution and the courts say, Alabama State Sen. Gerald Dial knows best.
On Tuesday, Dial introduced for the seventh time in his 10 years in office a bill that would amend the state constitution to encourage display of the Ten Commandments in public schools and other governmental buildings.
According to Dial, the Commandments don’t favor any particular religious belief; they’re just “rules we ought to live by.”
He told The Anniston Star, “If it keeps one person from going berserk or killing folks then it’s worth the effort.”
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“I think you’d have a hard time saying the Ten Commandments are distinctly religious,” Eidsmoe told the newspaper. “They’re an expression of the basic precepts that just about every society has been built upon.”
I’m not sure all of the 2,000 different religious groups and the 20 percent of nonbelievers in America would agree with that assertion. And it’s clear the courts don’t agree, either.
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http://blog.au.org/2011/03/03/dial-and-the-decalogue-alabama-senator-pushes-commandments-amendmentThe Ten Commandments are not distinctly religious? Seriously?
Anyway, I can't see why anyone, including religious people, would want the Ten Commandments in a courthouse. They're not even that good.