BOSTON (CN) — The Massachusetts Supreme Court turned an argument Wednesday over whether a city’s public safety building can feature statues of Florian and Michael — Catholic saints who are also symbols of firefighters and police — into a colorful philosophical debate over the role of religion in civic life.
“There’s not a hermetically sealed separation between church and state,” said Justice Scott Kafker. “We can’t allow more hostility to religion than the U.S. Supreme Court would tolerate, and they have a very low tolerance.”
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