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Wed 25 Jan, 2006 02:03 pm
"The Ten Commandments Monument depicts the moral foundation of law in America, and bears excerpts from the text of the Ten Commandments of God. The monument also bears quotes from: the Declaration of Independence ("Laws of Nature and of Nature's God"); our National Motto ("In God We Trust"); the Pledge of Allegiance ("One Nation Under God, Indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for All"); and the Judiciary Act of 1789 ("So Help Me God")."
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Foundation for Moral Law, Inc.
It seems to me that most US-Americans believe, the Ten Commandments are the historic source of US law - for some reasons they have become associated with important historic documents such as those listed above.
Quote:[Michigan] State Representative Casperson sees this as an important way to restore "a moral compass to our society." Rep. Gosselin calls the Commandments the "bedrock of Michigan law," while Rep. Hoogendyk calls them "the foundation for the freedoms we hold dear." None of these assertions is valid.
Ten Commandments - Inconsistent with Law & Society gives an analysis on this.
It's where we are going, Walter, there will not be an America in fifteen years, not like the one we have enjoyed for the past fifty years or so.
There will be a country with a hugely powerful executive, ruling over a citizenry whose freedoms and rights are restricted based on reinterpretations of Constitutional Principles which are masqueraded as Christian Theology.
The Right of the People to be secure in their Persons... will have disappeared, replaced by an energetic interest in knowing everything about everybody, except those in the circles of power, they will continue to govern through the use of secret meetings and conferences.
I see no reason at all that the future Supreme Court would not apply the "Thou shalt not covet" rule on the thought processes of the American people, making possible crimes as prosecutable as actual ones. After all, bad thoughts are sins even though there is no action involved.
As to seeing women returned to the status of property, there is nothing to stand in the way of that, unless the women hear about it, then we are all dead men.
Joe(It's not as bad as you think, it's worse.)Nation
Yikes. They should read history. Was it rooted in the Enlightenment (?).
No offense, Walter, but i'm growing tired of threads about the canard that American law is based on the ten commandments.
i got a "passing grade" . as an old codger, i'm rather proud of myself.
(for walter's eyes only : do i qualify for "haus-orden IV ter klasse ?). hbg
Well, it's against Hanseatic tradition to ask for such ... :wink:
i'm not asking, just hinting (my father received the "hanseaten orden" - after he received the iron cross in ww I). i bartered both for some packs of "senior service" cigarettes to a british soldier in 1946 - both my dad and the soldier were satisfied with the bargain struck. hbg
I missed one out of 21.
Joe
Nice test!
I got 17. Hmph.
One thing that tickled me is that I knew a fair amount of the answers because it had come up here -- how recently "In God We Trust" was put on money, etc.
As long as they bring the beer.
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