A U.S. appeals court ruled that a statue of Jesus that stands on privately owned land within a city park in Wisconsin violates the constitutional separation between church and state. Although the land was purchased by a private group, the court said people might assume the city government of Marshfield, Wis., endorses a particular religion.
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