Ethics

More Ten Commandments Nonsense

By Ed Brayton

In yet another pointless display of absurdity, a coalition of religious right groups is demanding that Congress pass resolutions declaring a Ten Commandments Weekend:

Bill Murray, son of deceased atheist leader Madelyn Murray O'Hair and chairman of the Religious Freedom Coalition, is part of the pro-Ten Commandments coalition. "Both of these [resolutions] would authorize a Ten Commandments weekend in order to recognize the Ten Commandments as the foundation of law in this country," Murray explains. "But with Nancy Pelosi in charge of the House and Harry Reid in charge of the Senate, we can't have a voice. We can't get these out and open and celebrate the Ten Commandments," he contends.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 16, 2008 (boomark / email).