tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862348527625888934.post8578197948390201720..comments2023-09-01T01:22:10.486-05:00Comments on Oklahoma Chapter of Americans United: Ten Suggestions on the Ten CommandmentsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862348527625888934.post-80308980652128312442010-04-09T10:54:00.304-05:002010-04-09T10:54:00.304-05:00as an Oklahoman--I think it is awesome.as an Oklahoman--I think it is awesome.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826149319603291040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862348527625888934.post-18074027384532430592009-05-14T18:14:00.000-05:002009-05-14T18:14:00.000-05:00Comment from Clinton Wiles:
Assuming that OK goes ...Comment from Clinton Wiles:<br /><BR>Assuming that OK goes with the same 10 commandments that TX has, their relevance to our legal system goes something like this.<br /><br />The first 4 don’t address the interactions of people. While the US Constitution leaves the individual to address these matters in relation to their religion, the Founders did not leave the matter in legislative hands; primarily because of the history of legislating the relationship of citizens to deities.<br /><br />The 5th should be a conditional commandment or at least incumbent on both parties. The home of Kelsey Briggs should be well aware that some parents don’t deserve honoring.<br /><br />Commandment 6 seems a bit idealistic in the land of the ‘Make my day’ law. Perhaps we should use the Jewish version of the commandment here which enjoins us not to murder.<br /><br />Commandment 7 could ease some marital problems if universally observed but as enforcement records from the office of the President on down show, it is a matter best left to couples with the state handling the obligations of the aftermath of the relationship.<br /><br />Numbers 8 and 9 do have direct and reasonable application in the laws protecting personal property and insuring meaningful un-perjured justice.<br /><br />Number 10 might be useful in reducing tensions in society but it would also be an assault on the capitalist system in which the desire to have more and better things drives the economy that also delivers our standard of living.<br /><br />Two directly useful commandments available from any religious culture, one that has to be adjusted for extreme situations, one piece of good advice, one that should cut both ways to be truly useful, one that would undermine our economic system, and four that address matters best not addressed by the legislature. Perhaps we were more inspired by common sense and should erect a monument to rationality.Damionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14360566092148805751noreply@blogger.com