In response to Mr. Ron Fink proposing that the Ten Commandments be displayed “in every school, library, courthouse, and city hall in the United States” (“What’s the fuss?” July 25): I can only reply that many citizens, myself included, resent being subjected to archaic and divisive Christian orthodoxy and dogma.
How about a new set of “commandments”: Thou shalt not attempt to steal valid election results, for example; or thou shalt not demean and disparage persons with different sexual orientations; or perhaps thou shalt not allow mentally unstable individuals to purchase automatic weapons. Maybe thou shalt not interfere with a woman’s right to control her own body would be a good commandment.
In other words, Mr. Fink, perhaps you should quietly follow your chosen beliefs and let the rest of us follow our own without the usual conservative Christian evangelical urge to shove your principles down our gullets. Just sayin’.
Michael Clear
Solvang
