A clear, cogent argument for the 10 Commandments by Katherine Harris

[Human Torch]

Katherine Harris and the Ten Commandments
By: Steve on Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 at 6:55 AM - PDT



Last week, Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) raised a few eyebrows by insisting that voters had to elect Christians to avoid "legislating sin," calling the constitutional separation of church and state a "lie," and arguing that God did not intend for the United States to be "a nation of secular laws."

Since then she backed away from the first two points, but struggled a bit to explain the third.

Asked whether the U.S. should be a secular country, Harris said: "I think that our laws, I mean, I look at how the law originated, even from Moses, the 10 Commandments. And I don’t believe, that uh . . . That’s how all of our laws originated in the United States, period. I think that’s the basis of our rule of law."

Now, I don’t mean to pick on Harris — my annoyance with her candidacy is quickly turning to pity — but this argument comes up from time to time. Usually it’s phrased a little more articulately, but particularly among far-right conservatives, the notion that our laws "originated" from the Ten Commandments is very popular. And very wrong.

– Guest Post by Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/08/30/katherine-harris-and-the-ten-commandments/

[dipsydoodle]

1. Sight of those buns

always make me feel hungry. Not that I'm in the habit of munching silicon.

[Ian David]

2. Psst... use this photo of Katherine Harris instead...

Above, Representative Katherine Harris (R-FL), presumptive Republican nominee for the US Senate, holds aloft a possum she purchased at the Wausau Possum Festival. The following day, the now-disgruntled possum announced its resignation as Campaign Pet and revealed the hellish working conditions of her campaign office to the Palm Beach Post.


Future Senator Katherine Harris, With Possum
http://wonkette.com/politics/top/future-senator-katherine-harris-with-possum-192467.php

[Human Torch]

3. Yep...she's the Possum Queen, no doubt about it...

I've already uploaded that one to my Photobucket account...you'll definitely be seeing it again.

I saw one of the possum pics when they were released, but this one is SO...MUCH...BETTER.

:evilgrin:

:toast:

[dipsydoodle]

4. I'm trying to read the board on the back wall

I can make out :
No skateboards
No rollerblades
No skates
No bicycles ?

Does the next line say No silicon ?

[wryter2000]

6. OMG, possum abuse

Will someone please think of the marsupials!

[wryter2000]

5. As far as I can tell...

There are only 2.5 Commandments that you could make any case for underlying our laws. Murder, theft, and lying under oath. Bearing false witness is perfectly legal unless it's done under oath.

[El Fuego]

7. And the fundies love their graven images.

Like a block of granite with the 10 commandments etched into it. Which they demand that we worship.

[Cerridwen]

8. Which "10 Commandments"?

Here's a (PDF File) to several versions.

By the way, aren't her stirrups too long even for Western riding? Is she able to ride that way?

[nealmhughes]

9. Check out my refutation of Roy Moore's 10 Commandments argument

from January at my old blog On Roy S. Moore at:
http://onroysmoore.blogspot.com/

I got flagged for "objectionable content," but amazingly got no comments or emails about this...
Cowards!

[Ian David]

10. That's a good one! I never saw that one before! Thanks! n/t