Uncle!!
Last week I posted about the telling, predictable dilemma that accompanies attempts to post the Ten Commandments in public buildings. The Louisiana legislature was reduced to a bizarre, Alice-in-Wonderland editing session to try and make the specific Commandment wording acceptable. Finally, the bill has passed and been sent to the Governor. How did they resolve the dispute? By giving up, and pretending the problem doesn't exist. Assuming Governor Blanco signs the legislation, it will move on to become someone else's problem.
The Legislature bowed out of the debate over what version of the Ten Commandments should be used in displays at government buildings.(Tip of the hat to Religion Clause for the link)Instead, the proposed law sent to Gov. Kathleen Blanco on Monday removed the specific commandants from the bill and referred instead to the wording “as extracted from the Bible.”