Commentary
Inside the First Amendment
By Charles C. Haynes
First Amendment Center senior scholar
Just when I thought the Christmas wars couldn’t get more ridiculous or hostile, along comes the uproar over dueling holiday displays in the rotunda of Washington’s state Capitol.
First a holiday tree, then a menorah, followed by a crèche — and now a “winter solstice” placard declaring all of the above to be hokum.
The red-and-green solstice sign, placed by the…
