<p>citygirlsmom:
I don’t have a problem with displaying any document in a public building that is both historically significant, and relevant to the activities or events that have occurred there in the past or now take place there. As I said in my first post, we must respect the social realities of our country as they currently are and make appropriate, inclusive decisions. But by the same token, we must also respect the social realities of the past within which some decisions were made in good conscience that have formed our country’s history. That’s why I think it’s a good compromise to keep the cross in the building out of respect for the history of the school and of the chapel, but remove it from a place of prominence because I agree that that would cause the building to be unwelcoming to non-Christian students.</p>
<p>I suppose Ben Franklin may have had an issue with the prohibition against coveting another’s wife or committing adultery. He was quite the ladies’ man!</p>