I think it is my time to weigh in on this Ten Commandments controversy. Let me explain it this way.
What you’ve got in Alabama is a Christian majority – which aspires to obey the Ten Commandments. Somewhere in Los Angeles you might have a Korean majority in a locality who aspire to some kind fo Taoism commands. Elsewhere in Hawaii you might have a Japanese majority who espouses Buddism values. In New York City there’s probably a large group of people who look toward the Koran as their holy book. If I were in the minority at any of these places, and a religious document foreign to my beliefs was to be put up in the local courthouse, I would feel uncomfortable.
Similarily, I just don’t think the Ten Commandments have a place in a public building. The pro-commandments camp would say that this country was founded on Christian values. And I would agree with them somewhat. However in today’s society not everyone is a Christian and therefore would not agree with one religion being held above all others in government buildings.
I do believe in the Ten Commandments. Most of them are still in effect today, except for maybe the Sabbath one. I certainly don’t see anyone not working on Saturday.
“Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work.”
And if you are thinking Sunday is the new Sabbath, think about it this way. Do you go out to eat on Sunday? Do you buy gas for your vehicle on Sunday? By buying merchandise or services are you making a market where other people would have to work in order to serve you?
What is bothersome is Roy Moore is trying to make himself out to be another Martin Luther King. He certainly isn’t. He has disobeyed an upper courts orders and he’ll have to pay a price for that. The monument itself was installed at around 12:30AM one early morning. Clandistine? Why would you have to sneak around and put up a monument that not everyone is going to agree with?