Bill in the News (TribLIVE): The ACLU of Massachusetts is challenging a decision by the city of Quincy to erect two statues of Catholic saints outside the public safety building. The saints are Florian and Michael the Archangel, the patron saints of firefighters and police officers, respectively.
As Donohue notes, the ACLU knows religious statues adorn buildings in the nation’s capital, including the Capitol, Supreme Court and Library of Congress, as well as public buildings throughout Massachusetts.
So why object to these statues? The ACLU explains in a letter to the Quincy city council: “the contemplated statue of Saint Michael … depicts a figure stepping on the neck of a demon. Such violent imagery is particularly abhorrent in light of the murder of George Floyd and other acts of police brutality throughout the country.” READ MORE HERE
