Once again, some hick town has a few redneck ignoramuses thinking civic law is defined by a few Old Testament commandments. It isn't.
Should a Southern Illinois town put the Ten Commandments in its town square?
Yes. It's good to remind people of God's laws governing our behavior.
72%
No. It violates separation of church and state, and is offensive to non-Christians.
23%
Who knows?
5%
God's laws say I can't mow my lawn on Sunday, can't have a statue of Buddha in my house (we do, actually), and can't appreciate an attractive starlet on TV. Why should a town praise a bunch of bad laws they won't ever enforce?
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