Ten Commandments of Murals

Today, the Supreme Court ruled that depictions of the Ten Commandments cannot appear in courthouses....unless, like the mural frieze in the Supreme Court's own courthouse, the commandments are depicted in such a way that is artistic, and part of a general depiction of history.

From the decision:

"Nor does the Court hold that a sacred text can never be integrated constitutionally into a governmental display on law or history. Its own courtroom (mural) frieze depicts Moses holding tablets exhibiting a portion of the secularly phrased Commandments; in the company of 17 other lawgivers, most of them secular figures, there is no risk that Moses would strike an observer as evidence that the National Government was violating religious neutrality."

Now, the last thing we like to do here at Silver Hill is mix business with religion or politics.  But we did find it interesting that by placing the Commandments into an artistic context the expression gained some protections in the eyes of the Court. 

We think that speaks to the power of murals and artistic expression!