The Fraternal Order of the Eagles, founded in 1898, Seattle, is best known for its missions looking into social issues and is renowned for establishing, officially, the mother's day.
In the 1940s, E J Ruegemer, a Minnesota Juvenile Court Judge and a member of the Fraternal Order wanted to set in motion a plan that would "solidify" the foundations and moral principles of the youth.
Cecil deMille, who caught wind of E J's plan, began to support his plan vocally and started helping the Fraternal Order and E J to make it a reality. Cecil deMille was an appropriate person to help in the project, considering that he directed a movie with the same name X as the aim of the project, which won several academy awards.
There were problems post-establishment though.
Stone vs. Graham, supreme court ruled that the existence of X in the Kentucky Public School classrooms was unconstitutional as it violated the Establishments Clause of the First Amendment.
In Van Orden vs. Perry, the supreme court ruled that it was ultimately not unconstitutional to have Xs in courtrooms as they are religious texts and doctrines, not any legal codes or common law which the United States is based on.
X was given by YHWH or Tetragrammaton to Y and was originally called the decalouge. YHWH is the Jewish god.
X? Y?
ten commandments
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