I do not agree w/ it being displayed. Sure I'll agree to the statement that our country was founded on the principles of the Judeo-Christian tradition. It's a fact. Some of the Founding Fathers were Deists, but the point is is that they believed in "God". Now...they were smart guys. They designated that there be a separation of church (religion) and state to avoid the same hassles that the English Puritans had. The state can neither condemn nor condemn the individual practice of religion. That's well established and has been upheld in many cases. But when an elected official decides to thrust his own religious convictions upon the masses, that's when this clause of "separation of church and state" comes into effect. A colleague of mine said today, not realizing that she was dissing me, stated, "Well this country was founded on the Bible and if someone doesn't like that then they don't have to move here."
As she left I said under my breath "Gee, too bad some of us were BORN here."
I think it should be removed to an area such as a church or other religiously oriented location. Of course I believe in the 10 Commandments, but I do not feel as if they should be displayed in a tax-payer funded building. I think once he tried to say that displaying the Commandments made people "act right" or something to that effect. The original recipients of the Commandments (read your Bible!) made a golden cow for crying out loud! His arguments are weak and uncorroborated. He's yet another Alabamian making me feel shame for the location of my birth.
