We shouldn’t hide the Ten Commandments
I am writing this letter regarding the Warren County Commission meeting last Tuesday. I would like to commend the commissioners who are proud of the Ten Commandments. These are the laws we live by, and they are willing to stand up and be counted as those who want this very important document to continue to stay where it is presently located, visible and in plain sight for all citizens who enter the administrative building.
But there are those on the commission who formed a committee and voted to move this important document to an isolated room somewhere in the administrative building where it would be out of sight and never seen by anyone. The statement as made by one of these commissioners, “We are not ashamed of the Ten Commandments. It is a very important document.” I ask you Mr. and Ms. Commissioner, if you are not ashamed of the Ten Commandments, then why do you want to hide it in an isolated room where it cannot be seen by anyone?
All those people sitting in the audience are the same people who voted you into office and they can just as quickly vote you out of office. And Madam Chairperson, I do commend you for opening the meeting in a prayer and for saying the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag, but aren’t you afraid you will rub someone the wrong way?
A little advice to anyone attending the commissioner’s meeting. You need to be very quiet. No talking out loud. Please do not laugh or do anything that could be considered as disturbing the peace of the commissioner’s meeting. Madam Chairperson has an officer there who will be happy to escort you out of the room. Thank you for allowing me my time on the soap box.
Gene Pelham
346 Meadowbrook Dr.
McMinnville