Christmas Cr che Crisis Is it Constitutional
The current situation is that the town of Middleborough owns a traditional Christmas crèche that has been displayed on a corner of the town hall grounds for over thirty years from Thanksgiving until January 5th. The crèche, made of life-sized figures, was donated by the Middleborough Pioneers Society and is illuminated at night by spotlights. ... The group disputes the constitutionality of the crèche being placed on town land. ... To decide if the crèche is or is not constitutional, guidelines formulated from the Lemon v. ... According to the Lemon Test, in Establishment Clause cases government law or conduct will be held to be constitutional if it meets all of the following: 1. ... The Crèche on public property is constitutional because it does meet all three criteria of the Lemon Test.