of years old, were not a product of European or American culture and, many believe, are the word of God. See Baruch J. Schwartz, Ten Commandments, in The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion, 683 (1997) (noting that in both Biblical accounts of the revelation of the Ten Commandments at Sinai, “[t]he ‘Ten Words’ were inscribed by God on the first set of Tablets given to Moses.”) A reasonable observer would not be able to link all of these texts to the foundation of American law and government; the displays’ mere assertion of such a link does not cure the problem any more than a disclaimer stating that the Ten Commandments has been “adopt[ed] as the fundamental legal code of Western Civilization and the Common Law of the United States.” Stone, 449 U.S. at 40 n. 1, 101 S.Ct. 192 (<HOLDING>). See also Adland, 307 F.3d at 488 (noting that
holding that a law did not violate the first amendment because it did not burden the exchange of ideas and noting most laws restricting a states initiative process would not implicate the first amendment holding that where the first amendment does not protect a certain activity there can be no first amendment right of association to engage in that activity recognizing first amendment retaliation right holding that such a disclaimer is not sufficient to avoid a conflict with the first amendment holding that private possession of child pornography is not protected by the first amendment