The Creche and the Constitution: May Municipalities Sponsor Nativity Scenes?

Mr. Lanting, a member of South Holland Protestant Reformed Church, is a practicing attorney. The Establishment Clause The ACLU and other such organizations are beginning to establish a new holiday tradition: suing local governments to prohibit their sponsorship of Christmas creche displays in public buildings and parks. Several cities have again been sued this season. San Diego, for example, is presently in federal court defending its annual Christmas display in a public park of eight sets of...