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Thread #79712   Message #1450006
Posted By: GUEST,John Hardly
02-Apr-05 - 10:15 AM
Thread Name: BS: Ten Commandments on Public Property?
Subject: RE: BS: Ten Commandments on Public Property?
As I mentioned a few times early in this thread, I am not for he display of the Ten Commandments in government buildings -- except as they may be part of a whole "history of western law" kind of display.

But this hyperventilating as if the sky is falling is overlooking one important detail...

...all these cases of the Ten Commandments on display in governmental buildings revolve around their removal from government buildings. These are not new cases of people insisting on putting up new displays -- these are cases brought by those opposing existing displays.

This distinction is important because, even though it still may be a worthy goal to remove the displays -- it may be a step in greater liberty -- all the liberties we currently enjoy exist despite these displays.

If the displays were actually robbing us of religious liberty as we claim, we would already done be robbed. We're not.