{"id":651,"date":"2014-05-29T08:26:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T08:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/05\/whose-ten-commandments.html"},"modified":"2014-05-29T08:26:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T08:26:00","slug":"whose-ten-commandments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/05\/whose-ten-commandments.html","title":{"rendered":"Whose Ten Commandments?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
The Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which begins the eve of June 3, celebrates God giving the law at Mount Sinai by reading the\u00a0Ten Commandments<\/a>. Those who want more religion in American life should pay close attention: The text may not be what you think.<\/span><\/div>\n
The Ten Commandments have played a starring role in a\u00a0campaign<\/a>\u00a0to bring more religion into public life while, in a post-9\/11 world, carefully distinguishing \u201cour\u201d religion from \u201ctheirs.\u201d In 2005, Justice Antonin Scalia called the commandments \u201ca symbol of the fact that government derives its authority from God.\u201d That declaration came as the Court approved public display of the commandments in a \u201csecular\u201d context in a 5-4 vote, while barring it in a \u201creligious\u201d context in another 5-4 split. Social conservatives were unsatisfied.<\/span><\/div>\n
The\u00a02012 Republican platform<\/a>\u00a0called for public display of the Ten Commandments \u201cas a reflection of our history and of our country\u2019s Judeo-Christian heritage.\u201d The platform added a clear message about \u201cevery citizen\u2019s right to apply religious values to public policy.\u201d Though the commandments were not at issue in the Court\u2019s recent 5-4 ruling permitting explicitly religious prayer at government meetings, the majority opinion reflected the same support of \u201cceremonial\u201d religion, as Justice Anthony Kennedy phrased it.<\/span><\/div>\n
But if ever there were an example of the slippery slope between \u201cceremonial\u201d and sectarian religious symbols, then the Ten Commandments surely qualify. To understand why, consider what would have happened had Republicans gathered at their 2012 convention to read the commandments out loud.<\/span><\/div>\n
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