08-23-2003, 07:04 AM
Why not? What business does it have there?
And how about my example of taking an oath in court? I'd say swearing on a Bible is "sanctioning" a religion. If you were swearing on a stack of Old Testament, New Testament, Koran, and any & every other book that someone twisted into a religion, then maybe I'd buy that a single religion isn't being sanctioned.
The ten commandments are nice and all, but they come from religion - and not every religion, only a select bunch. So basically, by having them up, you single out all other religions or non-religions.
Not to mention, if nothing else, having that up leaves them open to lawsuits by people of different religions, claiming that it's "offensive" or some crap.... so they're covering their asses.
And how about my example of taking an oath in court? I'd say swearing on a Bible is "sanctioning" a religion. If you were swearing on a stack of Old Testament, New Testament, Koran, and any & every other book that someone twisted into a religion, then maybe I'd buy that a single religion isn't being sanctioned.
The ten commandments are nice and all, but they come from religion - and not every religion, only a select bunch. So basically, by having them up, you single out all other religions or non-religions.
Not to mention, if nothing else, having that up leaves them open to lawsuits by people of different religions, claiming that it's "offensive" or some crap.... so they're covering their asses.
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