10 Commandments and US Law

[Kane]

I guess a better question might be to what degree the British/US system of common law has been influenced by the ten commandments since its inception...so we'd have to debate when common law came to be. Medieval? Or just England? Do we throw Rome in there?

[eynon81]

[Kane]

Then I think the time period alone assures some degree of involvement but perhaps not necessarily with the ten commandments, at least not in direct terms.

[eynon81]

[Kane]

/thread?

[eynon81]

[Kane]

threading the /thread?

[NAB]

[sam_i_am]

Let's enumerate

Commandments

1. No blasphemy. -- Not enforced by US law, in-fact it's specifically unconstitutional to make this a law.
2. No blasphemy. Not enforced by US law, in-fact it's specifically unconstitutional to make this a law.
3. No blasphemy. Not enforced by US law, in-fact it's specifically unconstitutional to make this a law.
4. Celebrate Sabbath. -- Lots of people do, but it's not illegal to work on the sabbath.
5. Honor your father and your mother. -- Not enforced by law.
6. You shall not murder. -- Hey, here's our first hit. 1 for 6 so far
7. You shall not commit adultery. -- It's not exactly illegal, but some divorce proceedings do take it into account. I'll count it as half a hit.
8. You shall not steal. -- hit
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. -- hit
10. You shall not covet. -- Thoughtcrime. Not enforced.

So places where the 10 commandments intersects with US law

No killing
No stealing
No perjury.
Adultery is bad(only half a hit)

I have a sneaky suspicion that killing, stealing, and perjury would be illegal anyway, and probably were illegal in places that have never heard of the 10 commandments.

so you only have that 1/2(if that) hit from adultery left... Doesn't seem like it's that strong of a correlation