This is wrong on so many levels. If the Mayor does want an "atrium full" then don’t allow any religious/non-religious displays.
A request to put up a display table touting reason over religion in the atrium of city hall next to a long-established prayer station was denied Wednesday.
Douglas Marshall said he filed the request April 9 as a resident of the city, but Mayor James Fouts rejected it, saying Marshall is a member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, which has objected to a nativity scene, the city’s observance of the annual National Day of Prayer and the prayer station.
“We can’t put up every display that everybody wants because the atrium would be filled with displays,” Fouts said. “I have certain discretionary rights about what I will and will not put up. And I determined that putting up an anti-religious display would serve no useful purpose. It would cause a lot of conflict and consternation.”
Marshall said while he is a member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Fouts is making an assumption the table would be connected to the group.
Warren turns down request for anti-religion display at city hall | The Detroit News
See also:
Letter to Marshall
Warren mayor says atheist can't put up 'reason station' inside city hall
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