["This is the word of the Lord..."] And the word of the sheriff...and the police chief...and the governor...and the president...and MOTHER. EVERYBODY! "You shall not murder," (and, by the way, "murder" IS a more accurate translation of the commandment from the Hebrew than simply "kill" - the word means "violent, unauthorized" killing). No problem with that. And that is why there is such national revulsion at the horrible death of Matthew Shepherd in Wyoming. No matter what anyone thinks of his sexual orientation, his life should not have been taken in the brutal, ghastly way it was. No murder. Illegal. Immoral. An easy commandment to understand...and keep.

Is it? This commandment was initially given to prevent blood feuds - no Hatsfields-and-McCoys-type vendettas in an eye-for-an-eye cult…