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Originally posted by MBFlyerfan:
Good one. Answer me this. Why do the ten commandments monument in Alabama have to be removed, and yet there is a statue at the Supreme Court building in DC that has Moses holding the Ten Commandments?
There is no statue of Moses holding the Commandments in the Supreme Court. There ARE, however, four references to it, but every one of them is historically based, not christian based.

1. Eastern Entrance frieze has two male figures, "The Majesty of Law" and "The Power of Government." Between them is a SINGLE tablet, not two, with the roman numerals 1 through 10 (but no words).

2. South Courtroom frieze - Moses is among many historic lawgivers (Menes, Hammurabi, Moses, Solomon, Lycurgus, Solon, Draco, Confucius, Augustus, Justinian, Mohammed, Charlemagne, King John, St. Louis, Hugo Grotius, William Blackstone, John Marshall, and Napoleon). The tablets he holds are blank. He is not depicted any more prominently than the others.

3. The Oak courtroom doors. On the inside of the door, on the bottom, there is a carving of two tablets, again with only roman numerals...no words.

4. East Pediment (rear of the building), there is a depiction of Moses, Confucious and Solon, representing three great societies. It is a historical depiction. (Note also that the Tortoise and the Hare are depicted in this sculpture).
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