Legal Opinion
Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. City of Warren
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 25, 2013No. 12-1858PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
For many years, the City of Warren, Michigan, has put up a holiday display in the atrium of its civic center between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. The display includes a range of secular and religious symbols — a lighted tree, reindeer, snowmen, a “Winter Welcome” sign and a nativity scene among them.
In 2010, the Freedom from Religion Foundation wrote a series of letters to the Mayor of Warren asking him to remove the nativity scene. The City refused. In 2011, the Foundation took a different tack. Instead of asking the City to remove the nativity scene, it asked…
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