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Religion in the Media
An Opinion
I found an article when researching the internet titled “Supreme Court Backs Removal of Ten Commandments Monument” and it bothered me. This is an Associated Press article published on October 16, 2017 at the Boston Globe. The link for the article is as follows —
Originally a lower court ordered this city in New Mexico to remove the monument of the Ten Commandments from the lawn of the courthouse stating that it violated the separation of church and state laws prohibiting any government entity from giving special favor to any one religion. The opposers of the monument had no other beef with the monument other than it offended them and their personal religious views.
One side stated that Americans should not be forced to physically view monuments that oppose their personal views. Really? I don’t see that anyone is “forced” to view anything. The other side stated that a physical monument offending a group of people is not valid cause to challenge it or remove it. The city government where the monument was placed, had placed several other monuments preserving historical documents along with it. These other monuments included the Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg…
