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Originally Posted by Aramike
I half, or even 3/4 agree with you. But you lost me at public land.
In the US "public" does not necessarily mean "government". While the government does hold the land in what is called a public trust, the public retains the right to democratically control the usage of many lands.
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Perhaps public lands was the wrong way to phrase that. Government offices, places of business, etc. Courthouses, post offices, areas where the government does what the government does.
I don't have a problem with an employee hanging a cross in their cubicle, or having a Bible on their desk, or displaying a Star of David on the wall.
However, if the manager of the office buys a cross out of the office budget, or buys Bibles with government money to hand out to employees, or something to that effect, it is a problem. I also don't have a problem with a group that obtains permission to put up a religious display in front of the courthouse, provided that any other religious group is given the same permission, without regard to what religion they are. If a Christian group is given permission to display a monument, and an Islamic group is denied permission to display a monument _because_ they are Muslim, there is a problem. If the Muslims are denied permission because their monument consists of a collection of pictures, then there isn't a problem.