LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY wyldraven)

So the Louisiana legislature thinks it can rewrite the biblical Ten Commandments, to pass muster at the Supreme Court, for display on government buildings.

A House panel decided Tuesday to do a little editing on the Ten Commandments.

Lawmakers made the alterations as they debated which version of the ancient biblical law — Protestant, Catholic or Jewish — should be embodied in a proposed state law.

The House and Governmental Affairs Committee then advanced Senate Bill 476 to the full House.

The bill would allow the display of the Ten Commandments, along with other documents of religious historical significance, in government buildings.

OK, someone, anyone, tell me how you "rewrite" Commandment number 1 without, by definition, giving governmental support to a specific religion? Also from the story:

Contacted after the meeting, Jewish Rabbi Stan Zamek of Beth Shalom Synagogue said choosing what version of the Ten Commandments to place in a government building points up the deficiency of the idea.

“I think there’s a problem displaying any version in a government building. I think it’s a dangerous intrusion of government into people’s religious liberties in any case,” Zamek said.

“You are inevitably choosing one religion over another,” he said.

I think Rabbi Zamek gets the point.

Thanks to starcat_jewel for bringing this to my attention here.