May/June 2005

The Ten Commandments in the Courts 0
- May/June 2005
- May 1, 2005
"The pre-eminent purpose for posting the Ten Commandments on schoolroom walls is plainly religious in nature. The Ten Commandments are undeniably a sacred text in the Jewish and Christian faiths, and no legislative recitation of a supposed secular purpose can blind us to that fact. The Commandments do not confine themselves to arguably secular matters,
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Government Displays Problematic 0
- May/June 2005
- May 1, 2005
Whenever the government becomes involved in religion, it is problematic, and the posting of the Ten Commandments is no exception. Which version? There are three widely recognized versions of the Ten Commandments: the Protestant, the Catholic, and the Jewish. If the government decides to display the commandments written out, it must choose whose version to
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Showing Proper Respect 0
- May/June 2005
- May 1, 2005
The United States Supreme Court will consider two cases challenging Ten Commandments displays under the First Amendment's establishment clause this term. One case, Van Orden v. Perry (03-1500), involves a Ten Commandments monolith donated in 1961 by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and displayed with the authorization of the Texas legislature on the grounds of
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Church-State Relations in America What's at Stake and What's Not 0
- May/June 2005
- May 1, 2005
It seems religious freedom has become an object of perpetual litigation. As a consequence, the struggle over church-state relations is vulnerable to a high level of crisis-mongering-especially in those ubiquitous fund-raising appeals. It is difficult to sort out real threats from mere shadows, and even harder to know where best to invest one's time and
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The Ten Commandments 0
- May/June 2005
- May 1, 2005
Download the High Resolution Graphic of the Ten Comandments
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The Bill of Freedoms A Christian looks at the meaning of God's ten rules. . .0
- May/June 2005
- May 1, 2005
The legal conflict over the public display of the Ten Commandments provides a wonderful opportunity to examine the content of the commandments. Although almost universally revered, the Ten Commandments are often thought of as rules that cannot be kept, or as an ideal that no one is really expected to attain. Or else, if the
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