The Ten Commandments and US Law: 5th Commandment

5^th Commandment

Quote from the Bible

12. Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

My interpretation what it means

Obey your parents.  Respect your parents. Of course, by extension, obey your father in heaven.

How it relates to US Law

It doesn’t.  Nothing in US Law tells you (once you’re an adult, anyway) that you must obey your parents, or even your god.

Commentary

Some parents really shouldn’t be obeyed, I supposed.  Certainly there shouldn’t be a law requiring a child or adult to obey their parents; what if the parents are abusive people, or criminals, or worse… Christians!  (I’m just kidding on that last).

Obviously, nothing in the Constitution or US Law is based on this, the Fifth, Commandment.  We’re half way through the commandments and not one so far is a foundation of the United States or its laws.