Separation of Church and State...

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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.

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.