Writing for the Moscow-Pullman Daily News Editorial Board, Lee Rozen sez the church-state spat involving the Knights of Columbus Jesus statue of Big Mountain/Whitefish is "a bunch of hooey." But the Editorial Board thinks the U.S. Forest Service, which has been threatening to boot the statue as a result of a complaint by the Freedom From Religion Foundation of Madison, Wis., should charge for the space that the statue sits on. "If the Forest Service rules allow for leasing 25-foot-square patches of land next to ski runs, then the main questions are, "Why aren't they being paid for it?" and "What else could we put there besides a statue of Jesus?" writes Rosen. "Statues of Mohammed, Buddha, Joseph Smith and L. Ron Hubbard would be obvious candidates. Nothing about that, it seems to us, would create a law "respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." That's what the First Amendment outlaws. More here. (AP file photo: Statue of Jesus Christ at Big Mountain overlooks Whitefish Lake and the Flathead Valley in Whitefish, Mont.)

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