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Originally posted by jerseydevi1:
There's your problem, you don't realize that it is public, and therefore able to be used by all.
Yes, public. And SHARED by all.

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Put your atheist beliefs up right next to it,
Show me one town that is going to allow someone to put up a sign that says, "There is no God."

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but as long as the government is not lining up the citizens to go to church, there is nothing wrong with a 10 commandments display, or a menorah, or the koran. NOBODY IS FORCING YOU TO BELIEVE.
And nobody is forcing you NOT to believe by removing the Ten Commandments. Nor does it affect your ability to believe. If it does, I'd say it has more to do with your ability to believe than said belief. Does removing the Ten Commandments make you doubt? Nah...don't think so. Why not put them in your front yard?
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