In response to Drew Miller’s Aug. 28 letter, “Monument clearly not free speech,” the issue over the Ten Commandments monument is a clear example of minority rights pitted against the idea that the majority rules.

I definitely respect all other cultures and religions in the world today, but over 80 percent (an obvious majority) of Americans believe in God.

How can 20 percent (an obvious minority) decide what everyone else is subject to seeing and hearing?

Yes, I know what you’re thinking right this second: “But what about separation of church and state?”

The truth is, separation of church and state is more of an invented rule, if anything.

Here is the beginning of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof …”

People are taking this line way out of context. It says that Congress can pass no law establishing a religion or a restricting religions.

It doesn’t say that church and state must be separated, just that the government cannot tell us what our religion is.

Putting a monument to the Ten Commandments in the lobby of a courthouse clearly does not tell us what to think.

I think the big issue here is the sense of “God” being in court.

I’m sorry if you are offended by God, but our country was founded on the firm notion that God does exist.

God is in our national motto, in our Pledge of Allegiance and we even swear on the Bible not to lie in court.

People do not have to believe in God, but they must understand that 80 percent of us do.

We will not stop believing because of a whiny 20 percent of people who think we should not.

People have the choice to not look at the monument.

People have the choice to say its wrong.

But people do not have the choice to take this right away from other people.

William Lincoln

Freshman

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