In the recent weeks there has been much conversation and debate over whether or not the ten commandments should be allowed to be displayed in the United States Courthouses. Many people stand on the First Constitutional Amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Many say that allowing the 10 commandments to remain in the courthouses defies this Amendment, and forces people to use these as guidelines will prosecuting a case. The case was brought before the United States Supreme Court on Wednesday and is pending the actual trail as the Grand Jury deliberates the Oral arguments of whether the case should proceed in the Supreme Court.

Prosecutor:
Contends that these displays amount to governmental endorsement of the Ten Commandments’ religious message, and that such an endorsement violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

Defendant:
Defend that these displays argue that they reflect the government’s constitutionally legitimate acknowledgment of the Ten Commandments’ significant role in the development of American law and government.

Now the case offers to approach a controversial question: Under what circumstances may the government sponsor the display of religious messages or objects? Whatever the Jury decides in this case will strongly influence future decisions on the constitutionality of government-sponsored holiday exhibits, the presence of religious expressions in official seals and mottoes, and the use of religious language in otherwise civic ceremonies such as reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

Personally I believe that the ten commandments should stay in the courthouses, not only because of my religious views and the fact that I hold the ten commandments as a part of my daily life, but because this nation was founded on these. It started because we could have the right to express or religion and not have to hide in a basement just to not get killed for what we believe. Christians are not the only ones who have this freedom of religion in America, we do not tell certain religions that they can not show their beliefs out in public places. U Government was founded on the morals shown in the ten commandments and these were brought through today, still using this moral code of ethics. But this is only my own view, completely one-sided, comment on your views of whether they should stay or go.


Van Orden v. Perry and McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky