The Ten Commandments has been removed from a courthouse in Spencer County, Kentucky. A concerned citizen reported to the Freedom From Religion Foundation that the display made them queasy.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a Wisconsin-based group of atheists. They say the Ten Commandments are unconstitutional – and show government favoritism toward religion.
“A Ten Commandments display in a county courthouse violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment,” FFRF Anne Nicol Gaylor Fellow Sammi Lawrence wrote to Spencer County Judge-Executive Scott Travis. “In McCreary County v. ACLU (2005), the Supreme Court ruled that displays of the Ten Commandments in two Kentucky courthouses violated the Constitution.”
Or – maybe – and I’m just thinking out loud here. Maybe the Ten Commandments are just a reminder not to kill people or steal your neighbor’s car.The atheists say the Ten Commandments trigger those who do not share Christian or Jewish religious beliefs.Well, what […]
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