Religious and Secular Symbols In The World

Introduction

Religious symbols contemplate the heritage of the humanity in which they are found. To refute one the right to brandish such images, such as a crèche during Christmas or a menorah at Hanukkah, would be tantamount to dividing us from “the cause for the season” or rejecting a demonstration of our heritage heritage. These emblems should not be an offense but rather a commemoration of the diversity of the community in which they are placed. In neighborhoods where Muslims, for demonstration, are the majority, it is appropriate for them to demonstrate their symbols throughout their customary holidays. emblems can also contemplate history. The brandish of the Ten Commandments in courthouses, for example, is neither setting up a belief nor encouraging one belief over another--it is easily an historical detail that these supplied the cornerstone for our lawful system.

Discussion: Religious and Secular Symbols In The World

Symbols from the Ten Commandments to nativity scenes have been disputed in court, and nearly always the sole legal argument suggested is that the disputed brandish violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Just as always, although, the outraged plaintiffs do not argue that the religious emblem violates the phrases of the First Amendment; rather, they argue that the symbol is impermissible under one of a number of judicial “tests”--e.g., the Lemon Test, the Endorsement check, the Coercion check, the Neutrality Test--each of which comprises multiple components or prongs derived from one or more preceding court opinions and that (conveniently) should be applied by a referee or referees on a case-by-case basis rather in a reliable, predictable, repeatable manner. The only commonality distributed by all said judicial “tests” is that no one are consistent or even try consistency with the phrases of the regulation: “Congress will make no regulation respecting an establishment of religion.”

The action prohibited by the Establishment Clause is a “law,” not a meagre proclamation, tenacity or judicial opinion. The regulation prohibits “respecting an establishment of religion.” An establishment of belief is an authorized, government-sanctioned denomination, where a particular place of worship affiliation is sustained by levy dollars and relishes legal advantages that other denominations do not. Thus, except assembly has passed a regulation that sets up a particular official belief, then no violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment has occurred.

While the text of the Constitution does not prohibit religious symbolism in public ...