The Supreme Court has taken it upon themselves to review their 1980 decision to disallow official display of the Ten Commandments on public and government property. This is, from the start, a waste of tax money. There can be no question that (a) the Ten Commandments is a religious document, and that (b) a display of the Ten Commandments made by the governing body of public or government property is the establishment of religion, forbidden by the Constitutition of the United States.
Some have proposed that if other religious documents were put alongside the Ten Commandments that such 'equal time' would honor the Constitution. But is the government able to fund and maintain the religious documents of all religions at all government buildings? Who will represent the best interests of Mithras and Wotan and Ug-Zum-Pweet, God of Warm and Dry Caves? Does Aum Shinrikyo get to display their beliefs? Which Ten Commandments will the government be allowed (or not allowed) to display? And how are the non-religious needs of atheists met by religious displays?
It is not the function of government to honor any particular religion nor all religions. The function of government is to assume its citizens are secular, and that any religious expression should occur on their own time and at their own expense.
The rest of the world understands that the United States has become a crusading theocracy. It is time and past time to recognize that here and do something about it.
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