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February 7, 2006

Federal Judges Uphold NYC Schools' Discriminatory Nativity Scene Ban

Topics: Religion

A federal appeals court has ruled that it is constitutionally permissible for New York City's public schools to ban the display of a Christian Nativity scene while allowing the display of the Jewish Menorah and the Islamic star and crescent.

One has to believe that any reasonable person (and yes I'm saying that the judges on the federal appeals court are at the very least, in this case for sure, not reasonable) would agree with the dissenting judge who stated that the current district policy and practice clearly violate the Establishment Clause, insofar as "a reasonable student observer would perceive a message of endorsement of Judaism and Islam and a reasonable parent observer would perceive a message that Judaism and Islam are favored and that Christianity is disfavored." Just how in the hell would one otherwise be expected to perceive it?

I'm taking bets that this is headed to SCOTUS.

Posted by Richard at February 7, 2006 10:28 AM

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