According to a Ventor on October 19:
“Church and state? Nowhere in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution or the Bill of Rights do you see anything about the Ten Commandments, the Old Testament or the new Testament.”
In the Constitution, Amendment I says
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”.
Or, Congress shall not establish a “state religion” that all must adhere to - but, it shall not prohibit the free exercise of religion, or of speech, the press, assemble peacefully, and address the government of grievances.
The seperation of church and state was to protect the church, not the state. The country had just come out of British rule and wanted to ensure freedom from that.
The writers of our constitution recognized that man is prone to fall and we must have a moral government. Some were Christian, Jew, Ben Franklin a Diest, and John Adams who looked at life philosophically, embraced the idea that government must be built on a moral foundation.
In my view, to list the ten commandments is a moral right and in agreement with the Constitution.
