Huh? Federal Court: Jesus Statue is Secular Symbol

Written by Don Byrd
Sometimes, proponents of religious monuments on government land should be careful what they wish for. As advocates like the Baptist Joint Committee have long warned, the separation of church and state is good for religion. When government gets behind a religious perspective, strings are attached, or worse….

In Montana, via Religion Clause, a lawsuit challenging the propriety of a statue of Jesus on federal land used as a ski resort was dismissed by a trial court Monday, using some disturbing reasoning. The Christ statue in question, the court found, is primarily a secular display.