re: #16 Daniel Ballard

Crass for trying to stop the religious display. I called for equal access in turn. The evangelists should not counter protest an atheist display and vice versa.

I’m not following you. The atheist displays were the ones vandalized.

Let’s turn this around. What substantive harm is done by these passive displays?

Why are you talking about harm? What does that have to do with the issue?

Shall we ban menorahs from parks at Hanukkah next?

We should allow access to groups who want to engage in speech in public places. This town did it by lottery— that’s an okay system. There could be others. We should never privledge one group over another.

I would say not. The community includes enough people that can appreciate the display that trying to shut it down takes something away from the religious public. Access to display at a public park in concert with a holiday.

Why is their speech more important than someone else’s? Because it’s religious?