What an interesting post! I've found myself fascinatedly commenting twice already just on your commenters, and I'm only now getting to commenting on your thought-provoking original post. So! Questions, we have questions... ;)
Any city that knowingly fails to provide equal space for holiday displays of multiple faiths is guilty of discrimination.
Does this mean there must be space for religious displays, or can the city decide they don't want to bother with it, and provide none at all? If my religion has a holiday on a date where your religion does not, do you still get to put up a display for your religion? If you do so, is putting up your display considered truly religious, or simply religious advertising?
What about folks who have eschewed religion -- do they get space too, or are they just out of luck? If they don't get space, why not? What if they don't want to look at religious pageantry -- should the displays not be allowed within a certain space of public buildings? If they get space too, shouldn't all non-profits get space as well? I'd love to see a display on public grounds for the L5 Society, for example, or for Second Harvest.
I already seconded athelind's interesting question regarding which religions to allow, so I'll stop here. I look forward to your thoughts, and thank you for inviting commentary -- I so love interesting discussions like this! ;)
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Date: 2005-12-10 09:05 pm (UTC)Any city that knowingly fails to provide equal space for holiday displays of multiple faiths is guilty of discrimination.
Does this mean there must be space for religious displays, or can the city decide they don't want to bother with it, and provide none at all? If my religion has a holiday on a date where your religion does not, do you still get to put up a display for your religion? If you do so, is putting up your display considered truly religious, or simply religious advertising?
What about folks who have eschewed religion -- do they get space too, or are they just out of luck? If they don't get space, why not? What if they don't want to look at religious pageantry -- should the displays not be allowed within a certain space of public buildings? If they get space too, shouldn't all non-profits get space as well? I'd love to see a display on public grounds for the L5 Society, for example, or for Second Harvest.
I already seconded