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  • Mass - Judge Nixes Christian Saint Statues at Public Building

    From c186282@c186282@nnada.net to talk.politics.misc,alt.politics.usa,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.atheism on Sat Aug 22 01:27:44 2026
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    https://www.newsmax.com/us/quincy-massachusetts-catholic/2026/08/21/id/1266956/

    Massachusetts' highest court ruled that two statues depicting
    saints cannot be displayed at a public safety building in
    Quincy.

    The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday unanimously
    ruled 7-0 to prohibit the city of Quincy, located near Boston,
    from displaying the statues outside a police and fire complex.

    The court also ruled against the city's attempts to dismiss a
    lawsuit filed by residents who sought to permanently stop the
    statues from being installed, The New York Times reported.

    Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch, a Catholic, had spent nearly $1
    million on the plan for the statues, according to the Times.

    The court wrote in its opinion that the statues "have a
    greater potential to be perceived as government endorsement
    of a particular religion, and subordination of other
    religions."

    The statues "are not part of a larger collection of statues
    and monuments that includes nonreligious ones, or statues
    of figures of particular importance to other religions,"
    the judges ruled.

    . . .

    On the whole, I agree. DO try to keep State and Church
    separate.

    HOWEVER ... if it'd been native "totem poles" or Hindu
    gods, how would this court have ruled ? Just wondering.

    Deliberate EXCLUSION of a particular religion is just
    as bad as exclusive PROMOTION of a particular religion.

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  • From Mitchell Holman@noemail@aol.com to talk.politics.misc,alt.politics.usa,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.atheism on Sat Aug 22 13:14:04 2026
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    c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote in news:36ucneZaq_qzrhT3nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@giganews.com:

    https://www.newsmax.com/us/quincy-massachusetts-catholic/2026/08/21/id/ 1266956/

    Massachusetts' highest court ruled that two statues depicting
    saints cannot be displayed at a public safety building in
    Quincy.


    Good.



    The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday unanimously
    ruled 7-0 to prohibit the city of Quincy, located near Boston,
    from displaying the statues outside a police and fire complex.

    The court also ruled against the city's attempts to dismiss a
    lawsuit filed by residents who sought to permanently stop the
    statues from being installed, The New York Times reported.

    Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch, a Catholic, had spent nearly $1
    million on the plan for the statues, according to the Times.

    The court wrote in its opinion that the statues "have a
    greater potential to be perceived as government endorsement
    of a particular religion, and subordination of other
    religions."

    The statues "are not part of a larger collection of statues
    and monuments that includes nonreligious ones, or statues
    of figures of particular importance to other religions,"
    the judges ruled.

    . . .

    On the whole, I agree. DO try to keep State and Church
    separate.

    HOWEVER ... if it'd been native "totem poles" or Hindu
    gods, how would this court have ruled ? Just wondering.


    Religion is religion, none should be endorsed
    by the public.



    Deliberate EXCLUSION of a particular religion is just
    as bad as exclusive PROMOTION of a particular religion.


    We have to fight this battel every December
    when Christian groups want to put up manger scenes
    in public parks.

    That, and the holy war against red coffee cups.








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