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5. No law enforces the commandment about honoring parents, and it is doubtful that it could be enforced.
5. No law enforces the commandment about honoring parents, and it is doubtful that it could be enforced.
6. The commandment against murder is very clearly enforced by US law.
6. The commandment against murder is enforced by U.S. law.
7. Adultery is not a criminal offense, but it will influence civil divorce proceedings and affect the distribution of assets. Jesus clarified the definition of adultery, for instance in Matthew 8:27-32, to include remarriage after divorce in most cases. Until recently, most states other than Nevada outlawed divorce for this reason. Today most states and many Christian denominations define adultery in a narrow way to allow remarriage after divorce, contrary to Jesus' law. Many Christians believe that this commandment, which forbids adultery ("voluntary sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife or by a married woman with another than her husband" [Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edition, Unabridged, 1934]), also forbids fornication ("illicit sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person; the act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman as does not by law amount to adultery" [op. cit.]).
7. Adultery is not a criminal offense, but it will influence civil divorce proceedings and affect the distribution of assets. Jesus clarified the definition of adultery, for instance in Matthew 8:27-32, to include remarriage after divorce in most cases. Until recently, most states other than Nevada outlawed divorce for this reason. Today most states and many Christian denominations define adultery in a narrow way to allow remarriage after divorce, contrary to Jesus' law. Many Christians believe that this commandment, which forbids adultery,<ref>"voluntary sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife or by a married woman with another than her husband"—Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edition, Unabridged, 1934</ref> also forbids fornication.<ref>"illicit sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person; the act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman as does not by law amount to adultery" [op. cit.]</ref>
8. As with 6.
8. The commandment against stealing is enforced by U.S. law.
9. As with 6, when used during litigation, or otherwise spoken under oath (see [[perjury]]). This law is required for any functioning legal system. For someone to bear false witness against a neighbor in a less formal setting (e.g. lying to a third party about a neighbor in the course of private conversation) could, in some circumstances, be a [[tort]], but rarely a crime.
9. As with 6, when used during litigation, or otherwise spoken under oath (see [[perjury]]). This law is required for any functioning legal system. For someone to bear false witness against a neighbor in a less formal setting (e.g. lying to a third party about a neighbor in the course of private conversation) could, in some circumstances, be a [[tort]], but rarely a crime.