[SauronOfMordor]

An airport is not a legislative arm of "the State" (certainly not of Congress) which can compel assent to an "establishment" of religion.

Look up the definition of "established church". One important characteristic of an established church is that it is supported by tax money. This is the level that lawyers have been using to cancel all religious symbols in the public sphere, that tax money and governmental resources may not be used in religion. SEA-TAC knew where this would go if they ever allowed it to go to court, and they didn't want to risk it

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Look up the definition of "established church". One important characteristic of an established church is that it is supported by tax money. This is the level that lawyers have been using to cancel all religious symbols in the public sphere, that tax money and governmental resources may not be used in religion. SEA-TAC knew where this would go if they ever allowed it to go to court, and they didn't want to risk it. 136 posted on 12/11/2006 10:15:43 PM EST by SauronOfMordor

Yes, that is one of the sophistical arguments. But gee...which Church got the money? Methodist, Baptist, Congregationalist, Lutheran, Episcopalian, or Catholic?

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

A Christmas Tree in an airport is NOT an "establishment" of religion in the legal sense of "establishment" in the Anglo-American tradition. It does not result in favoring the Episcopalians over the Baptists, Congregationalists, Catholics, Quakers, and Presbyterians, etc.