You don't silence the Nativity scene. You force the private sector to put it
up on private land or in a public forum.
Quoting Rick Duncan <nebraskalawp...@yahoo.com>:
> I think Eugene makes a great point about the divisiveness caused by
> the endorsement test.
>
> When you enjoin a governmental religious display (such as the
> Nativity scene I keep "harping" about), you don't merely silence the
> govt. You also impose silence on the willing audience (private
> citizens who wish to see the display). These are many of the same
> people who were told to avert their eyes when they were offended by
> the Gay Pride display. This adds insult to injury, and results in
> people reasonably feeling like outsiders who must play a "heads you
> win tails we lose" game with their secular counterparts in the
> marketplace of ideas.
>
> Rick Duncan
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Douglas Laycock
Yale Kamisar Collegiate Professor of Law
University of Michigan Law School
625 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215
734-647-9713
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