10 Commandments to go on State Capitol

[Townsend]

The Ten Commandments have been installed.

[Vashta Nerada]

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK- - A Ten Commandments monument unveiled at the state capitol Thursday comes with a mistake.  The 6-foot-tall monument has the word "Sabbath" spelled "Sabbeth."
However local pastors and online sources all show Sabbath spelled with an "a" and not an "e."
The word "maidservant" also appears misspelled.  The "v" appears to be a "u," spelling the word "maidseruant."

The monument was unveiled three years after state lawmakers approved the bill that would allow the monument to be erected on capitol grounds.
The measure was signed into law by Governor Brad Henry, despite arguments that it violates provisions of the state and U.S. constitutions that prohibit laws expressing a religious preference.
However other Oklahomans argued that the monument is about our nation's heritage.

Fox 25 contacted State Representative Mike Ritze, who paid $10,000 for the monument.  Rep. Ritze told us he saw prototypes before the monument was erected, but did not see the final version.
He first came up with the idea of erecting a monument, after seeing a similar monument at the state capitol in Texas.
Rep. Ritz said Tulsa-based SI Memorials made the monument.  Fox 25 tried calling the business, but it was already closed for the day.

[Hoss]

They can't even spell it right.  LOL.

[carltonplace]

"I bring you these Tin Commendments!"

[Townsend]

They can't even spell it right.  LOL.

Hey, if that's the way Jesus spelled the 10 commandments, then that should be okay with everyone.  Especially everyone who couldn't tell you what the 10 commandments are.

So sayeth the prophesies. 

[Ed W]

So, what are the ten condiments?

[Townsend]

So, what are the ten condiments?

An entertaining Demille movie.  That's about it.

[carltonplace]

So, what are the ten condiments?

Thou shalt not ketchup thy neighbor's wife.

[Townsend]

Lawsuits Possible over 10 Commandments Monument

http://kwgs.com/post/llawsuits-possible-over-10-commandments-monument

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Some state and national civil rights groups say legal action is possible over a monument of the Ten Commandments that was installed Thursday on the Oklahoma state Capitol grounds.

Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, says her Wisconsin-based group would be interested in bringing a lawsuit. Ryan Kiesel, the director of Oklahoma's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, says case law would be on his group's side if it decided to sue.

State Rep. Mike Ritze, whose family paid $10,000 for the monument's construction, says tax dollars wouldn't be used to defend a legal challenge because the Liberty Legal Foundation will cover all costs.

The Republican-controlled Legislature authorized the privately funded monument in 2009, and former Democratic Gov. Brad Henry signed the bill into law.

[godboko71]

Lawsuits sound like a waste of time and money for all parties involved. Lets waste money in a more productive way like privately founding monuments to other religions at the state capital.

[Townsend]

Lawsuits sound like a waste of time and money for all parties involved. Lets waste money in a more productive way like privately founding monuments to other religions at the state capital.

Then there will be more lawsuits to remove them like there were to remove Ganesha from the Tulsa Zoo.

[Townsend]

The bad spelling has now become national news.  Oklahomans and pride - never the twain shall meet.

[swake]

Way to go Mike

[DolfanBob]

That's just crazy. Even Ozzy and the boy's spelled it right.

[Gaspar]

Should have just posted the Oklahoma version.