Solving the Chief Justice Moore/
Ten Commandments conflict

	The Orthodox, Conservative and Reform traditions of Judaism.
	Roman Catholicism.
	Conservative, mainline, and liberal Protestant denominations, from the Southern Baptist Convention to the United Church of Christ; from the Jehovah's Witnesses to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons).
	Eastern Orthodoxy.
	The Baha'i Faith, etc.

The monument could have be moved among all of the congregations in, say, alphabetic order, on a monthly, quarterly or semi-annual basis. The location in a given month could have be advertised in the local newspapers and registered with the local community information center. This would have given anyone interested the opportunity to view the monument for as long as they wished.

There are a number of benefits arising from this solution:

	It would have emphasized the common bond that these diverse faith groups possess.
	It would have taught the public about the religious diversity in America.
	The monument placement would certainly have been constitutional, since the monument would be located on privately-owned land.

There was one overwhelming disadvantage to this solution:

The monument would not be displayed in the Rotunda of the Judicial Building. Thus, this solution would probably not have been acceptable many of the protestors.

There was also a potential problem with this solution:

Exodus 20:2-17 contains 19 to 25 separate instructions which various religions have grouped in different combinations into Ten Commandments. The monument is inscribed with the version of the Ten Commandments used by ancient Judaism, Protestant denominations, and Eastern Orthodox churches. The versions used in Judaism are grouped differently. The Roman Catholic Church and some Lutherans use a third grouping. It might create some friction if a Protestant monument were located at on the grounds of an Jewish, Roman Catholic or Lutheran congregation.

	The Ten Commandments monument,
	Ur-Nammu's Code (the earliest legal code of which we have a copy. It is dated to 2050 BCE.
	The Code of Hammurabi. This is the second earliest known legal code, predating the Ten Commandments by almost 500 years. Some believe that the Ten Commandments were based on it.
	Other texts of laws from a variety of other religions and cultures,
	The Magna Carta,
	The Declaration of Independence,
	The U.S. Constitution,
	A copy of "An act for establishing religious freedom" in Virginia, 1786
	The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
	A collection of statements of Ethics of Reciprocity from dozens of different religions and secular movements. This might include: The Golden Rule of Christianity "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." Matthew 7:12.   A Muslim Hadith: "None of you [truly] believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself." Number 13 of Imam "Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths." 6 An excerpt from the Hebrew Scriptures: .thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.", Leviticus 19:18  An excerpt from the 21 moral precepts that form the moral code explained in L. Ron Hubbard's booklet "The Way to Happiness." "Try to treat others as you would want them to treat you." (Hubbard is the founder of Scientology) An excerpt from "Principles of Humanism," by the Humanist Association of Canada: "(11) Humanists affirm that individual and social problems can only be resolved by means of human reason, intelligent effort, critical thinking joined with compassion and a spirit of empathy for all living beings. "
	The Humanist Manifesto III,
	The Emancipation Proclamation of 1862,
	A student behavioral code from a local university, and
	Similar civil laws and secular codes of ethics.

There would have been a number of benefits arising from this solution:

	A cultural display including the Ten Commandments would probably be constitutional, if a sufficient diversity of items were displayed from both secular and religious sources.
	It would demonstrate the diversity of religious, philosophic and legal sources from which Americans derive moral and ethical guidance.

There was one overwhelming disadvantage to this solution:

It would not have had the monument being displayed in isolation. Thus this solution would probably not have been acceptable to many of the protestors.

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