I disagree, C2C. Like adren@line said, the latter six are things we all accept regardless of the religion, but the first four just cannot be reconciled with freedom of religion.(Called 2 Conquer;47268)
The First Commandment:You shall have no other gods before me. This doesn't violate freedom of Religion because the constitution is man made and man insired where as the Bible is man penned and God inspired. God laid down a law but men decided not to promote a state religion but instead allow for allow religions including Christianity. If Christianity was the only religion allow then it would violate the constitution.
I don't understand what you're saying. The First Commandment is very clearly stating that you shall have no other gods before the Judeo-Christian God. This is impossible to reconcile with freedom of religion, because people of other faiths do have gods before the Judeo-Christian God. To tell them that they can't infringes upon religious freedom in the clearest way possible.(Called 2 Conquer)
The Second Commandment:You shall not make yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them.Same point as above. Also you should know the Catholics and eastern- orthodox do not worship those statues. They aren't even called idols but icon. These were people of faith that the church recognized for their acts of faith and made an icon to remind us of what being a Christian is all about.
There are some religious traditions which do pay homage to statues. To tell them that they're not allowed to infringes upon religious freedom and says they're only allowed freedom of religion so long as it's a Christian religion.(Called 2 Conquer)
The Third Commandment:You shall not misuse (blaspheme) the name if the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name.Ok, this could be seen as a violation of free speech, however, if I walked into your home and started cursing up a blue streak it would likely offend you. Worse if I got in your face and made person attacks, verbally, on and at you, you would likely be offended to the point of taking a swing at me. By all this I mean there is freedom of speech and there is manners. God doesn't like His name used as a curse word and I doubt you would either. If you think freedom of speech will protect you however, simply walk up to a police officer and spend 5 minutes cussing him out. I bet you end up in handcuffs. So much for freedom of speech.
It is a violation of free speech, regardless of who it offends. Moreover, a person of different faith, or a person without faith, has every right under the law to take the name of a certain God in vain, especially when he's in the privacy of his own home with no one to offend, but to assert the Ten Commandments as law doesn't even afford him this.At the core of freedom of speech is the fact that your speech is free regardless of whether someone else may not like it. And to tell a Hindu or Buddhist that he needs to respect the name of a Christian god and is somehow violating the law when he says "Jesus Christ!" in surprise is a violation of freedom of religion, as well. Those faiths don't say anything about having any sort of respect for Christ, and while Christianity doesn't approve of that, that is Christianity, not the law.(Called 2 Conquer)
The Forth Commandment:Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord.To argue against this one, in my opinion is pure stupidity. God created the weekend and you want to complain about it? Ok, everyone else gets sunday off but you from now on. Lets see how much you like being forced to give up a day to rest and recouperate. You see God is smarter than you, He knows you need rest or else you will, shorten your life span, develop ulcers, have a shortened temper, be more prone to acts of violence and so on.
People are perfectly capable of working on Sunday and not getting sick. There are people all across the world who work seven days a week. Also, what if their faith says they work on Sunday but take Friday off instead? To say it needs to be Sunday in particular implies reverence for a particular religion that they may not adhere to, and that is not in accordance with the principle of freedom of religion.