>What part of ourl system is based on the "premises" of the Ten Commandments?
>Thou shalt have no other gods before me? Thou shalt not take the name of the >LORD thy God in vain? Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy? Honour thy >father and thy mother? Thou shalt not kill (state sponsored executions)?. Thou >shalt not commit adultery?

I said.. part not all. Do some study on what the hebrew word that we translate as murder and get back to me. What about theft? and yes even the "premise" of the adultry commandment is there. With an open minded study you just can not get away from the presence of the 10 commandments in our legal system. Of course, many Old Testament scholars agree that the 10 commandments are simple a complilation of other ancient legal systems with some additions to suit the Hebrew nation. But that is another story! :)

>And Amendment 1 of the Constitution clearly forbids the establishment of any >religion, Judeo/Christion or not.

Ah..... and the intent was what? Was it to keep us from becomming a nation where the Goverment dictated that we all must go to the Chruch of England and that was our STATE church. Or was it's meaning more in line with the fact that we could worship as we the individual sees fit?

>Putting the Ten Commandments in schools clearly violates this. That is not >just my opinion, but ruling after ruling of the US Supreme Court has upheld >this.

So would putting up a poster with the communist manifesto also be prohibited?
What about the stuff of secular huminism?? by the way... recognized as a religion under current laws.

I would agree is it was exclusivly the 10 commandments and nothing else but to deny them is censorship plain and simple and denies the pivitol part that this faith had in the founding and constituting of this country.

>Personally, I don't care what any other country does, just the United States. What other legal systems do has no relevance here.

The point was used to reinforce the argument that all legal systems have at their core a basis of ethic rooted in faith of some kind.

>I don't see how that can be true after reading the first amendment.

1)Get a copy of the document and show me the phrase " a seperation of chruch and state."

2) That portion of the 1st has to do with the establishment of a state run and state sponsered mandated religious faith. (IMO)


>What are you refering to?

The Freedom of Religion Restoration Act. I happend a couple of years ago and passsed both houses of congress and is law.


>Yes, and when officials are elected that can overturn the first amendment, >it's time to head to Canada.

Not my suggestion. I have no desire for ANY part of our Constitution to be changed AS it was written.

The point was that according to your argument someone wanted to sacrifice a virgin... then if that was a part of their heritage it should be allowed... or where would it stop... etc. So then, my point to you was they certianly had the right to seek to make their views into law by sending like minded people to congress and the White House.

>But only for the summer. Come Winter, I am heading to Jamaica man, and smoking >some ganja(?). *g*

LOL! :)

Have fun... I'm going to stick it out here. :)