First Amendment Vs Ten Commandments

The first commandment of the Bible, "thou shalt have no other gods before me;" the first Amendment of the United States Constitution, "congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" (The Bible, Exodus 20:1–1, Constitution). In America, many argue the country's Amendments were originally based on the Ten Commandments but immediately both the first commandment and first Amendment are not in line with each other. Roy S. Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court installed a giant 5,200 pound granite block in the lobby of Alabama's court that displayed the Ten Commandments. This act was in violation of the first Amendment as the stone is favoring the Christian doctrine in a government courthouse.
When Moore was asked why he put up the granite block he answered; "To do my duty, I must obey God,"(Barnet, 2004). There is no point to put one's religion in a court as a court is supposed to be without religion, yet in the United States people who appear in court or to be inaugurated as president swear on a Bible. Even when Moore went against the First Amendment, the tradition of swearing on the Bible in a court is condoning Moore's actions. As religion is very common among individuals in America, especially Alabama, Moore and his followers probably
Churches are tax-exempt and it has been found that the U.S. loses around seventy-one billion dollars on average every year in tax money because of this tax-exemption (Cragun, 2014). With seventy-one billion dollars, the country could afford a lot more aid to its own civilians, such as more of a welfare for those who need it. As this amount of money is completely from taxes because of a church's tax-exempt status, some argue that the church is crossing the line. If the tax-exemption status is taken away from the churches others would argue that would be the state crossing the