Navigating the Ten Commandments legal quagmire in Giles County
At the urging of a federal judge, two sides with polar opposite views of posting the Ten Commandments in a public school will try mediation in search of a compromise.
Sitting at the same table might be as close as they come to common ground.
“I really doubt that the parties will agree,” said Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law who has followed the case closely.
“I don’t think there’s much middle ground.”
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Do some of the government buildings in Washington D.C. have any quotes from the Bible on their walls? I know that there is the issue of separation of curch/state but does it read freedom OF religion and not freedom FROM religion? The government is not suppose to mandate any one religious beliefs is what I understand? However, a solution could be to hang a quote of “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” and most all religions have that belief in some form or another. Could that be a compromise in this current legal battle?
Comment by JoAnn Woolwine — May 13, 2012 @ 3:35 pm