November 30, 2005

Panel hears testimony on Ten Commandments display at Capitol

A constitutional law scholar, clergy and others spoke out Tuesday against a proposal to show the Ten Commandments in the Capitol and argued the main purpose of the display would be religious, not secular. Wayne State law professor Robert Sedler told state lawmakers and the Granholm administration that the U.S. constitution affords no place for God in the public square. "In the American constitutional system, the place for God is in the home, the church, the synagogue, the mosque and the temple," said Sedler. "By keeping God out of the public square and putting God into our homes and our religious institutions, the Constitution protects the religious freedom of all of us."

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