The Ten Commandments and the Rejection of
Divine Law in American Jurisprudence
By Dr. Charles I. Lugosi
State-enforced discrimination that exiles displays of the Ten
Commandments from the public forum infringes more than the free
exercise of religion. It symbolizes the death of natural law
and the rule of law in American jurisprudence. Unless this is
understood and rectified, all that will remain is hostility toward
religion, rule by law, and the supremacy of the secular
state. Over the last 100 years, two pronged constitutional
attacks were mounted against the teachings of the Ten
Commandments. The first prong of the attack took place under
the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and resulted in
the legalization of conduct that is in disobedience to the Ten
Commandments. The second prong of the attack utilized the
First Amendment and argued that the text of the Ten Commandments
may not be publicly displayed on government property based on the
mythical separation of Church and State. This article focuses
on the latter attack and concludes that current Establishment
Clause jurisprudence is ridiculous, and has led to conflicting
results that ought to be abandoned, and replaced with a bright-line
precedent in favor of religious liberty that will not only
celebrate, but also unapologetically observe, the Ten Commandments
in public life.