Today the Michigan Capitol Committee, a committee composed of representatives of the Michigan House, Senate, and the Granholm Administration considered a House Republican resolution calling for the display of the Ten Commandments in Michigan's State Capitol. According to an AP wire story:
Rep. Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, said the commandments and the founding fathers' religious faith played a role in U.S. history.
"We shouldn't be running from it. We shouldn't be ashamed that this country was founded on Christian principles," Casperson said.
Rep. Fulton Sheen, R-Plainwell, added: "We need a set of values we can look to."
Those opposing a public display, though, said the founding fathers knew first hand of the abuses that can happen when government and religion mix.
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After hearing testimony Tuesday, the Capitol Committee took a step toward requesting a legal opinion from Attorney General Mike Cox.
So, Attorney General Mike Cox is going to be providing his interpretation of the Ten Commandments. Given his recent revelations regarding marital infidelity, that puts Cox in a rather interesting position regarding Commandments Number 7 and 10:
TEN COMMANDMENTS
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7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor’s.
With Mike Cox's behavior implicating several of the Ten Commandments, isn't it a conflict for Cox to be issuing a legal opinion on the matter?
Perhaps Cox will claim that there is no conflict because he is simply fighting to preserve the sanctity of marriage as a sacred union between one man, one woman, and one or more mistresses? |
