Wrong.There's nothing universal about the Ten Commandments as a whole, either in this nation or worldwide. Parts of the Commandments codify some of those nearly universal rules we were discussing. Others are simply religious rules. Indeed, the Bill of Rights protects the right to violate at least three of them."Morals" are defined by the Judaeo-Christian tradition, principally the 10 Commandments.
"Traditions" and "disciplines" involve eating, drinking and some conventions regarding dress, attitude, speaking, etc.
"Ethics" is the science of applying universal moral norms to practical situations.
-Eric
Sorry, your take on morality is not right. There is a 'universal morality,' it is enshrined in the 10 Commandments, and those Commandments are congruent with Natural Law.
All societies abhor the murder of innocents, abhor adultery, theft, false swearing, and adherence to gods which are secondary or false. One can match point-for-point the commonality.
Mosaic Law is partially distinct from the Big 10. Certain dietary presecriptions, etc., were practical guides which had to do with health--and those which were not health-related (no refrigeration, no pasteurization, etc.) were disciplinary.
The problem here doesn't lie with the Ten Commandments. Free expression including blasphemy may be tolerated in a political sense in order that greater societal vices may be minimized. But this is a prudential judgement. No one has an absolute right to blaspheme, lie, calumniate, scandalize, etc., but these things may be permitted in law ---or they may not.