The Ten Commandments and their presents in our Government

The Ten Commandments and their presents in our Government
We are supposed to be a government that separates its church and state, yet there are many instances to where it is not true. The Ten Commandments are everywhere we look. But there is a constant argument going on that church and state are not supposed to be connected.
Some major places that you can find our state and church link together are our money, the pledge of allegiance, and the Supreme Court building. Our money is still being printed with “in god we trust,” and when the new one dollar coins came out and they moved it to being printed on the side of the coin and not on the front of it where it was previously printed. Many people were upset that it didn’t say it any longer because they thought it had been removed completely, but then people found out that it did say it, and they were ok with it being that way. In addition, a couple years back when the pledge of allegiance was being said in a classroom of a girl who was atheist, the father sued because his little girl was told she had to say it. Now in classrooms teachers can’t make their students say it, but they can make them stand for it. In my experience many student will say it and will leave out “under god,” and say the rest. Likewise, the Ten Commandments are written in the Supreme Court building. They have been there forever; if the argument of separation in church and state continues and proceeds will they have to fix a building that has been that way since day one?
So if the church and state are not supposed to be connected at all then why can we find it everywhere? Our country started as a very religious country. It has always been that way, and now that we are such a diverse country people are starting to speak up about it more and more. Is it ok for our church and state to be associated with one another, since our founding fathers were so religious and they framed our country to be what it is. Or should we conform to no relation between the two because today is not the same as it was back when our country was formed? I’m not sure that either of those questions can ever be answered, by our government or us personally. It is not written anywhere that church and state should be separated. But we all argue that they should. I am not for or against it. In some instances I feel that they should be separate and in others I feel that they should be together.

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I totally agree with you. This is such a hot topic among the United States people, if people aren’t talking about the presidential candidates they are more than likely talking about the troops and when we are going to get to come home. So many of our men and women have gone over there to fight, and have lost their lives… for what?? We haven’t really gotten anything out of this war except spending billions of dollars on it. When I read this commentary, it was like they took the words right out of my mouth. I feel the same way about the war, and that we need to get out as soon as possible.
On a different but same note, I recently just saw the move “Stop Loss,” it is such a good movie, and it really makes you think about what our soldiers are going through. When they have done their time in Iraq and then come home and are planning on getting out, then they get stop loss, which means that they have to go back and do another tour. They have to go back because no one is signing up for the military these days; no one wants to go over to Iraq. So if you feel very strongly about the war and the soldiers then go see the movie. It’s a wake up call! Someone please bring our troops home, so that all the families of the soldiers can have them home.