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
As long as private individuals pay for the symbols and put them up, the access to public areas should not be restricted because the subject matter is religious.
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