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Skokie won't ban public religious displays

  • Date: Oct. 20, 1988
  • Source: Skokie Review, Thursday, October 20, 1988, p. 3
  • Author: Routliffe, Kathy
  • Summary: Assistant Village Attorney Jeffrey Greenspan says that Skokie's policy that allows private groups to erect religious objects on village property is constitutional. A group of atheists has threatened to sue the village if the policy is not changed.
  • American Atheists
    Litigation
    Separation of church and state