Regarding the 10 Commanments in civic buildings, and the recent almost incoherent Supreme Court ruling on the subject, I'm a bit perplexed. Apparantly you can do it in one state, but not in another, or something like that. To me it shouldn't really be a big deal. Showing the 10 Commandments is like displaying a part of our history, but that doesn't mean it's a tacit endorsement of religion. There are statues of women wearing togas in a lot of civic buildings. Are we encouraging women to wear togas? There are statues of Greek gods and goddesses in a lot of civic buildings. Are we therefore endorsing worship of Zeus? Greek mythology is a religion, is it not?

It might be different if a courthouse Judge points to the 10 Commandments and says, "I'm sentencing you based on how many of these you broke," but for the msot part the tablets are just on display in a lobby and threaten no one, no more so than a statue of Aphrodite causes people to start sacrificing lambs.