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June 27, 2005
Clear As Mud
I haven't had a chance to read the opinions yet, but looks like today's Supreme Court ruling on 10 Commandment displays may be a bit confusing.
After the U.S. Supreme Court issued divided rulings Monday on whether the Ten Commandments can be displayed in courthouses and on public property, officials at an Oklahoma courthouse were watching the ruling closely.
The rulings are being closely watched in Stigler where a monument containing the Ten Commandments was erected outside the Haskell County Courthouse in November.
The Haskell Co. display also contains the Mayflower Compact, so it's not a stand-alone display like in the Kentucky case. Is is a permissable display in a historical context like in the Texas case? Maybe. Who knows?
It's ridiculous to prohibit the display of the 10 Commandments as a historical source of law. It is, after all, an early source of some of our society's major laws. Although I don't ever remember a sucessful prosecution for 'coveting thy neighbor's ass'. And most states no longer allow prosecutions for adultery. But the big 3: murder, stealing, lying....they're all there, as well as a few others. Pretending otherwise doesn't make it so.
One thing's for sure. You can bet your last dollar this issue will continue to be litigated after these rulings, if they are as unclear as they have been reported.
You know how lawyers are.
Posted by Rita at June 27, 2005 04:28 PM