The Ten Commandments, I Say Keep 'Em

Once again our Supreme Court is asked to review a case where about religion in public life.

Some folks are offended by having a monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments in front of a courthouse. I guess the fact that the bulk of our laws are based on Biblical principles has no bearing on this. Given this fact, having a copy of the commandments in our courthouses makes sense, as would copies of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights, the Emancipation Proclamation, Gettyburg Address, etc.

Too many people confuse freedom of religion with freedom from religion. Our founding fathers wanted to prevent the establishment of a state religion or church denomination, but they had no intention of turning America into a godless nation.

I do not want to force my religious views on anyone, but I feel the atheist minority in our country is trying to force their views on me. They won't be satisfied until God is removed from every aspect of our society, but our founders knew that was folly. "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?"--Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia Q.XVIII, 1782. ME 2:227 "

May God bless America, and may America bless God.