Jerry, US law is derived from British Common Law. That comes from Alfred the Great's 9th century Doom book, which codified the laws of Kent, Wessex, Mercia with Germanic tribal customs and Jewish and Christian principles.
So yr both wrong :P On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow, you really missed that point. > > The point was that our laws are based on the 10 commandments. > > Not that the 10 commandments are the laws. > > My examples covered the first. Yours covered the second. > > (nana-nana-na-na) > > =) > > > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Sunday is not the Hebrew Sabbath. Almost everyone running for public >> office in the last election bore false witness by lying about their >> opponents. None are in jail, although perhaps they should be. As long a >> website called OMG exists, no one should be punished for taking the Lord's >> name in vain - it happens millions of times daily. >> >> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> > >> > many states still have laws against commerce on Sundays, including >> banking >> > and liquor sales. >> > >> > and bearing false witness sounds like perjury to me. >> > >> > And in Britain, as well as some other European countries, taking the >> Lords >> > name in vain IS a crime (as is most disrespect to any religion) >> > >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360955 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
