DEAN MAURICE KELLEY

For the government to sponsor the symbols of one particular religion is to derogate the belongingness of citizens of other faiths or no faith. Further, to take the most sacred symbols of one religious group and desacralize them as just one in a row of secular folk symbols like Santa Claus and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a great loss to the religious groups that view these symbols as sacred.

For the government to sponsor the symbols of one particular religion is to derogate the belongingness of citizens of other faiths or no faith. Further, to take the most sacred symbols of one religious group and desacralize them as just one in a row of secular folk symbols like Santa Claus and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a great loss to the religious groups that view these symbols as sacred.