Ten Commandments in Law

In my opinion our laws and society are very much based on religion. Even though we all know the concept of separation of church and state, we realize that our laws are based off of morality which we gain from our churches and religious beliefs. We also know that traditional natural law is based off of a “higher law” and that higher law is God’s law. Abortion for example is something that is a very big deal in the United States today. Some activist’s say that it is a woman’s right to have an abortion if she so feels that she needs to have one. While others view abortion as disobeying God, their morals, and an easy way out of a situation they did not want to be in. Our country gets around the concept of abortion by calling it murder. No matter which you believe in, this is obviously a belief of a higher law, and in fact is not a separation of church and state. Although the concept of separation of church and state sounds good on paper, it is easy to see that, many of our laws are based off morality and religion. No one in their right mind thinks that it is all right to murder a person. Everyone in the United States learns this from when they are little kids. Anyone who has ever looked over the Ten Commandments knows that it says that you should not murder. That example, in fact shows that our laws are based off of religion.