CarolC, Correct me if i'm wrong, but the Christian religion is not being forced on anyone by displaying the Ten Commandments.

You are wrong about that. I, myself, have experienced discrimination in the courts here in the US because I am not a Christian. I would probably have been treated better than I was had I at least been Jewish (although this particular court would have preferred Christian), but anything else was not acceptible.

The mere display of a pre Christian fundamental basics of law, is not trying to say we should be Jewish either. The foundations of US law are as much based on Judeo Christian values as any other. The Ten Commandments are a fundamental basis for modern law. The Iroquois League had as much to do with the foundation of the US Constitution, and as such the law respects their belief system too.

Regardless of how the law was developed, for the courts to display the ten commandments causes a blurring of the line between church and state. And as I said in the beginning of this post, I have been subjected to the kind of discrimination that can happen when the courts (or the government) endorse some religions over others.