Should Religious Symbols be Displayed on Public Property?

Should Religious Symbols be Displayed on Public Property?

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?

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The Founders Proposed a Religious Symbol For the First Seal of the US
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By Foundation for Moral Law - Defending Our Right to Acknowledge God
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  • Naumadd
    Fortunately, ...

    ... such symbolism was not adopted. It was likely realized this symbolism had less to do with the higher American value of "mutually guaranteed liberty for all" than it related to rather divisive religious beliefs. You wish to make that point that these men allegedly proposed these seals as some evidence they endorsed christianity and the christian bible as the official set of beliefs and practices of all americans and thus christian symbolism ought to be endorsed much the same way today.

    It is clear they did not make such endorsement. Their focus was much more on the value of "liberty"

    ... where it belonged.

    - NaumaddUS January 2, 2009 6:01AM

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