Typos in the Ten Commandments, and more

Typos in the Ten Commandments

A newly erected Ten Commandments monument at the Oklahoma state capitol contains several typos. The ACLU complains that the 2,000-pound monument is an improper state endorsement of the Christian religion, but English pedants are also upset, as the word “Sabbath” is spelled “Sabbeth” on the monument, and “maidservant” is rendered “maidseruent.”

Christmas lights for the neighbors

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Police ordered a Louisiana woman to take down Christmas lights she arranged in the shape of a hand “flipping the bird.” Sarah Henderson admits the lights were designed to send a message to her neighbors, which the police deemed obscene. The ACLU objected, saying that in our Constitution, “even things like the raised middle finger are protected speech.”