The Supreme Court issued a series of rulings yesterday that the Ten Commandments can be displayed ONLY as a part of a historical overview of the nation’s (or state’s) legal history.
In other words, if the Ten Commandments are on display and is not part of a larger exhibit of other documents which also contributed to the nation’s/state’s justice system(s), then it would be considered illegal. The same thing goes for Ten Commandments exhibits which stand alone in various state capitols. Those were also ruled unconstitutional due to religion being “showcased” (whatever that means).
Some are reading this to mean that if the states develop a larger overall display which features other documents and items, and happen to include the Ten Commandments as part of the overall history, this means that the Commandments CAN be displayed as the high court upheld on the Texas capitol display.
So conservatives should be happy that they will be able to display the Ten Commandments again as part of a larger display. It’s better than an outright ban on the commandments, which the Supreme Court could have easily done (and the minority-opinion justices wanted to do).
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