Lockland Ohio Sued: Remove 10 Commandments from Town Hall

October 7, 2009 | Filed under: Court Battles | Posted by:

Attractive though it may be, a resident of Lockland, Ohio has sued to have a Ten Commandments display removed from Town Hall. But what’s wrong with a few “good rules for living”?

Lockland's Beautiful Ten CommandmentsAnd attractive it is! Have you ever seen a better use for an old tin garbage can? [/sarcasm]

Resident Christopher Knecht is suing to have the offending object removed and a court order set in place to prevent future displays of “religious fables and myths”.

A poll at cincinnati.com asks whether the town should be forced to remove the Ten Commandments display. At this writing, 76.88% of 8,166 votes say yes.

Before popping over and casting your vote, I suggest reviewing this Paliban Daily article on the Ten Commandments, which should be required reading for anyone who thinks the Ten Commandments is a harmless display of “good rules to live by”.

A taste:

The Ten Commandments are found in Exodus 20:

1 And God spake all these words, saying,

2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

There it is, Commandment #1. God directs us to pray to Him ONLY. No other gods.

No Allah, no Buddha, no Vishnu, no Mary, no Lord and Lady, no Darwin, and no Cthulhu. We, being a Christian nation, should only allow people to worship God.

Tell me, in court, do they swear on the Qur’an? The Upanishads? The Kama Sutra? NO! They swear on the Bible!

We, being a Christian nation, should vividly remind anyone coming to one of our schools, courts, or other public buildings exactly where they are, and that Allah is persona non grata!

Only four (yes, FOUR) of the Ten Commandments comment on genuine “rules for living”. However, one of them does demand that we perform no work on the Sabbath day. Do they close all businesses on Sunday in Lockland, or do they ignore their god?

The Ten Commandments espouse religious intolerance and are the backbone not of “good values”, but of a Judeo-Christian theocracy. They do not belong on any publicly-owned property.

Expect a response from the American Family Association and other groups shortly!

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7 Responses to Lockland Ohio Sued: Remove 10 Commandments from Town Hall

  1. avatar Live in Lockland October 11, 2009 - 4:35 pm

    OK folks….I have tried my best to stay out of this, but since people from so far away and so many diverse ideas have commented on the subject, I just have to say it……The real truth is not about the 10 commandments in this article. The REAL issue is about corruption in Lockland. The original journalist that wrote about this missed the point and ommitted details)! Please, Please take a minute and look into the Village of Lockland, its past 30 years and what has happened or not under a group of people that “claim” to be elected…..if anyone had the time or moxy to dig, it would be revealed that the 10 commandments should not be in this Village because they are a “joke” to those in power anyway…..sigh……

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  2. avatar Pastor Mike October 12, 2009 - 11:42 am

    Thanks for adding this perspective, Live in Lockland!

    It does seem from a closer read of the source articles that the person bringing the lawsuit threw in the Ten Commandments issue to give his lawsuit weight.

    Personally, I do think it’s a great use for an old tin garbage can. Recycling is wonderful! (That IS what it’s made of, right?)

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  3. avatar Patricia Hatfield December 18, 2009 - 10:02 am

    I think it is horrible that they took the ten commandments down from the city hall even if the politicians are crooked. My 13th greatgrandfather, William Bradfor, came to this country to get away from those telling the people what they could do and what their religious way of life should be. The minority of the people in this country are now telling the majority what they can and cannot do. I am related to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant and even General Robert E. Lee, so I am not complaining about this because of my political party or whether I am for or against slavery, but because I am a Christian and after the Revelutionary War our forefathers wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and in it was in GOD we trust. Our forefathers came here to practice their rights to religion and part of that religion was the TEN COMMANDMENTS. What right does the minority and unreligious people have telling us what we can have and cant have? My forefathers fought for our rights and now the stupid idiots are telling us that we cant have our rights of religion. Believe me when they face GOD he will be the one to tell them what rights they have.

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  4. avatar chris March 15, 2010 - 11:00 am

    the minority are those who run the show and the masses are those who follow. It's been like that forever and will always be like that. Within those groups you can easily make the distinction between the ignorant (masses) and the intelligent (minority). In Lockland, the minority assumed that the majority believed in childish fairy-tales and erected the ten commandments. The majority accepted that for years until again the minority stepped in and took it away. To discuss this issue with someone who believes in myths and gods and other man-made entities is like trying to explain algorithms to a dog. Christopher Knecht knecht v. village of lockland, ohio 1:09CV696 (US Dist. Ct. Cinti. Ohio)

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    • avatar Jenny Donati March 15, 2010 - 7:56 am

      Chris, are you suggesting that the majority don’t believe in fairy tales?

      78% of Americans identify as Christian.

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  5. avatar ncooperresident April 8, 2010 - 1:51 pm

    People forget that we all have a right to religon, any religon, God is an all around word that can mean any god or religon,"buddah" or any other. Don't forget that Lockland residents voted to elect the mayor and the others in office. If you want to make a change do it on election day insted of an internet chat room. By the way Chris,we all have the right to assemble, religon, and speech. Please stop being an ass and pick up your own crap at the curb throw it away in that nice tin garbage can you complain about, make a difference on the street and not worry about my choice of religon or how others go about their lives!

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    • avatar JennyD April 8, 2010 - 4:03 pm

      ncooper, I'm not sure I understand your point. The Ten Commandments are from one particular religion, and placing them on public property suggests that they are the law of the land.

      "God" is the very clever name of the Judeo-Christian god, not others.

      So . . . what's your point, exactly?

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