Eighty-five percent of Americans claim some form of religious affiliation. The public display of religious symbols, though, is always controversial, whether we’re talking about the Ten Commandments in a courthouse or nativity scenes in a park. In the ongoing debate about religious imagery’s proper place, where do we draw the line between private faith and public religious expression?
History Prof., Oral Roberts University
Symbols can also reflect history. The display of the 10 Commandments in courthouses, for example, is neither establishing a religion nor promoting one faith over another, it is simply an historical fact that these provided the basis for our legal system. To remove religious symbols from public places is to attempt to recreate the traditions and values of that culture.
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