How many believe the 10 Commandments are in the Constitution? In - or - out, does that makes us more or less Politically correct in God's eyes?
2007-03-19 10:20:11 · 12 answers · asked by edubya 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Wow, some of the answers. Makes one wonder how in the world they even read a ballot to make a decsion to vote, (read the complete question) and your in the politic section scary, hope some are not old enough to vote!
2007-03-19 10:37:21 · update #1
The 10 Commandments are not found anywhere in the Constitution of the United States. While Western law and morality is based in part off of the 10 commandments, they are not found specifically in any law of the United States.
2007-03-19 10:23:45 · answer #1 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I take it you have never read the US CONSTITUTION where in it is the 10 commandments. I've read it more than on one occassion have not once come across the 10 commandments ever. I take it you like putting your definitions to it instead of reading what is really there. Do you notice the different scripts I have a great respect for the CONSTITUTION. Politics and Christianity are two different subjects that should never be brought together
2007-03-19 17:34:45 · answer #2 · answered by idak13 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are considering taking the 10 Commandments out of the federal buildings. They aren't in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights and never have been. Hopefully, they will remain at the buildings where they belong.
The desire to remove them, and the laws against public prayer, show that our society, or at least some of it, is either rejecting God or objecting to the exclusion of other religions in U.S. public places.
We were meant, by our Constitution and Bill of Rights, to be free to express our religion but not force it upon others. I don't think God cares about politics, just souls.
2007-03-19 18:05:04 · answer #3 · answered by BekindtoAnimals22 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When were they ever put in? The 10 Commandments have no place in the US Constitution: they are helpful to a religion, but deadly to a political state.
2007-03-19 17:26:31 · answer #4 · answered by Blackacre 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eh? The Ten Commandments aren't in the Constitution, so how could they be taken out of it? Sure, the Founders probably based a lot of their decisions off of the morals they learned from following the Commandments -- not that that's a bad thing in any way -- but they didn't actually write them into the Constitution. I don't understand why we'd be worrying about what God thinks of our political correctness, but I'm willing to bet that every instance of it sickens Him no end.
2007-03-19 17:25:41 · answer #5 · answered by Richard S 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You can't take them out, they were never in there. To make the 10 Commandments part of the Constitution would violate a number of essential freedoms (religion, thought, etc). Some of the 10 Commandments are sensible and obvious, some of them are not relevant to today's society and should not be part of our laws (especially the first Commandment).
2007-03-19 17:24:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
The 10 commandments were never put in the US Constitution. You need to study history.
2007-03-19 17:28:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
the 10 commandments are not in the constitution. perhaps you're thinking of the bill of rights which is the first 10 amendments to the constitution.
2007-03-19 17:24:50 · answer #8 · answered by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That isn't part of the Constitution with Separation of Church and State. Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson saw to that.
2007-03-19 17:24:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a link?
2007-03-19 17:23:05 · answer #10 · answered by Garth Rocket 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋