Under the Heading: "How did we get here", we find: The Oklahoma Supreme Court evicts 10 Commandments

[Where_r_my_Keys]

It's Evil... of the Old Testament Variety... and the Evidence just keeps pourin' in!

"The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that a monument to the Ten Commandments must be removed from the state’s Capitol in Oklahoma City.

The state’s top court cited a clause in the Oklahoma Constitution that it says prohibits promotion of religion.

The 7-2 decision says the monument violates Article 2, Section 5, of the state’s governing document, which reads:

No public money or property shall ever be appropriated, applied, donated, or used, directly or indirectly, for the use, benefit, or support of any sect, church, denomination, or system of religion, or for the use, benefit, or support of any priest, preacher, minister, or other religious teacher or dignitary, or sectarian institution as such.

The court also rejected the concept that the Ten Commandments were historic in nature. In its decision, the court insisted that “the Ten Commandments are obviously religious in nature and are an integral part of the Jewish and Christian faiths.”

"Those who believe in nothing, will fall for anything..."

 

[PratchettFan]

Darn those pesky laws.

 

[CMike]

Ridiculous. The Ten Commandments is in the US Supreme Court building, and Moses is on the Capitol building.

 

[PratchettFan]

Ridiculous. The Ten Commandments is in the US Supreme Court building, and Moses is on the Capitol building.

When did those move to Oklahoma?

 

[Stephanie]

that the ACLU for you

a communist organization. just like SPLC, Naacp, etc

 

[paddymurphy]

Ridiculous. The Ten Commandments is in the US Supreme Court building, and Moses is on the Capitol building.

The US Supreme Court building is not in Oklahoma and, hence, is not bound by the Oklahoma Constitution.

 

[paddymurphy]

that the ACLU for you

a communist organization. just like SPLC, Naacp, etc

And the Oklahoma Supreme Court? Communists as well? Or the men who wrote that Constitution? Also Communists?

 

[bucs90]

So....will University of Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops be told hes banned from praying with his players at home football games? Its government property. And hes on the clock as a government employee.

 

[paddymurphy]

So....will University of Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops be told hes banned from praying with his players at home football games? Its government property. And hes on the clock as a government employee.

Sure. That is next. Did you read the Oklahoma Constitution? Is there anything in it that tells you the Court was wrong?

 

[WinterBorn]

Ridiculous. The Ten Commandments is in the US Supreme Court building, and Moses is on the Capitol building.

Indeed, the 10 Commandments are on a frieze on the US Supreme Court building. They are one of 18 portrayals of famous law givers. However, that is different from a single 10 Commandment display on a state capital.

And do you really want to open the door for all religions (including Satanists) to be able to add displays to capital grounds?

 

[bucs90]

So....will University of Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops be told hes banned from praying with his players at home football games? Its government property. And hes on the clock as a government employee.

Sure. That is next. Did you read the Oklahoma Constitution? Is there anything in it that tells you the Court was wrong?

No I didnt. But...should he be banned from praying with players prior to a violent sporting contest?

 

[paddymurphy]

So....will University of Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops be told hes banned from praying with his players at home football games? Its government property. And hes on the clock as a government employee.

Sure. That is next. Did you read the Oklahoma Constitution? Is there anything in it that tells you the Court was wrong?

No I didnt. But...should he be banned from praying with players prior to a violent sporting contest?

Well, there is no point discussing this with you if you are wholly ignorant of the constitutional provision we are discussing.

 

[CMike]

Moses holding the Ten Commandments are on the US Supreme Court building.

Google

 

[CMike]

Here is Moses in the Capitol building

Moses Architect of the Capitol United States Capitol

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Ridiculous. The Ten Commandments is in the US Supreme Court building, and Moses is on the Capitol building.

Indeed, the 10 Commandments are on a frieze on the US Supreme Court building. They are one of 18 portrayals of famous law givers. However, that is different from a single 10 Commandment display on a state capital.

And do you really want to open the door for all religions (including Satanists) to be able to add displays to capital grounds?

Are satanist precepts a foundation for Oklahoma law?

 

[guno]

It's Evil... of the Old Testament Variety... and the Evidence just keeps pourin' in!

"The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that a monument to the Ten Commandments must be removed from the state’s Capitol in Oklahoma City.

The state’s top court cited a clause in the Oklahoma Constitution that it says prohibits promotion of religion.

The 7-2 decision says the monument violates Article 2, Section 5, of the state’s governing document, which reads:

No public money or property shall ever be appropriated, applied, donated, or used, directly or indirectly, for the use, benefit, or support of any sect, church, denomination, or system of religion, or for the use, benefit, or support of any priest, preacher, minister, or other religious teacher or dignitary, or sectarian institution as such.

The court also rejected the concept that the Ten Commandments were historic in nature. In its decision, the court insisted that “the Ten Commandments are obviously religious in nature and are an integral part of the Jewish and Christian faiths.”

"Those who believe in nothing, will fall for anything..."

The 10 commandments were given to the Jews not bible thumping goyim

 

[WinterBorn]

Here is Moses in the Capitol building

Moses Architect of the Capitol United States Capitol

Indeed it is. It is one of 18 friezes on the walls of the US Supreme Court building. All of them have to do with the law.

How many other displays were at the Oklahoma capital? Plenty? Or did they do like Judge Roy Moore in Alabama and only allow the single display?

 

[WinterBorn]

Ridiculous. The Ten Commandments is in the US Supreme Court building, and Moses is on the Capitol building.

Indeed, the 10 Commandments are on a frieze on the US Supreme Court building. They are one of 18 portrayals of famous law givers. However, that is different from a single 10 Commandment display on a state capital.

And do you really want to open the door for all religions (including Satanists) to be able to add displays to capital grounds?

Are satanist precepts a foundation for Oklahoma law?

Were the 10 Commandments?

How many of the commandments were used to create laws in OK?

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Ridiculous. The Ten Commandments is in the US Supreme Court building, and Moses is on the Capitol building.

Indeed, the 10 Commandments are on a frieze on the US Supreme Court building. They are one of 18 portrayals of famous law givers. However, that is different from a single 10 Commandment display on a state capital.

And do you really want to open the door for all religions (including Satanists) to be able to add displays to capital grounds?

Are satanist precepts a foundation for Oklahoma law?

Were the 10 Commandments?

How many of the commandments were used to create laws in OK?

They are a historical basis.

 

[WinterBorn]

Ridiculous. The Ten Commandments is in the US Supreme Court building, and Moses is on the Capitol building.

Indeed, the 10 Commandments are on a frieze on the US Supreme Court building. They are one of 18 portrayals of famous law givers. However, that is different from a single 10 Commandment display on a state capital.

And do you really want to open the door for all religions (including Satanists) to be able to add displays to capital grounds?

Are satanist precepts a foundation for Oklahoma law?

Were the 10 Commandments?

How many of the commandments were used to create laws in OK?

They are a historical basis.

Which ones?

Here is the list:
"The 10 Commandments List, Short Form

1. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2. You shall not make idols.
3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honor your father and your mother.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10. You shall not covet"

Now of the 10, only 2 are hard laws. Bearing false witness against your neighbor is against the law in certain circumstances, but not always. Committing adultery can be found in some places, but it is not really prosecuted. So that leaves "thou shalt not murder" and "thou shalt not steal".

And the first 4 are blatant violations of the separation of church and state.

Since murder and stealing have been against the law in virtually every system of laws ever written, including the Code of Hammurabi, which predates the 10 Commandments, you cannot claim these were either originated by or only in the 10 commandments.