[allmendream]

Well I don't think that public land should be used for religious displays, I think the government has far too many actual Constitutional duties they are ignoring to engage in any sort of religious commemoration or celebration.

It is not the proper role or function of government in view of their limited and enumerated powers to commemorate or celebrate religious beliefs, even if it is the majority religious sensibility of the local community.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Well I don't think that public land should be used for religious displays, I think the government has far too many actual Constitutional duties they are ignoring to engage in any sort of religious commemoration or celebration."

When we talk about communities and religious displays, we are not talking about the Federal government. We are talking about local townships, borroughs, cities etc.. They have a lot more and different duties than the federal government. Whereas the Federal government should have nothing to do with public education, the local and state communities should. In my state constitution (Pennsylvania), it says that the state legislature is tasked with providing for a public education. That was ratified in 1776 during the time of our founders.

Local governments should be given great leeway in the handling of local problems. Each community should be empowered to make these decisions as long as it does not interfere with our natural God given rights. If the people of that community are in agreement, that should not bother the rest of us. If people don't like it, they can easily move to another community, not sue the community to impose theirs and not the community standards.