{"id":102419,"date":"2026-08-31T03:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T03:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=102419"},"modified":"2026-08-31T03:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T03:25:09","slug":"massachusetts-high-court-rules-against-saints-statues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/massachusetts-high-court-rules-against-saints-statues\/","title":{"rendered":"Hooggerechtshof van Massachusetts oordeelt tegen heiligenbeelden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Two statues of Catholic saints will remain off of a Massachusetts city\u2019s new public safety building for the foreseeable future now that the state\u2019s highest court has upheld a lower court order prohibiting them from being erected.The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday that the $850,000, 10-foot-tall bronze statues of St. Michael and St. Florian are so closely allied with Catholicism that putting them on a public building would amount to \u201cgovernment preferential treatment of a particular religion,\u201d thus violating\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two statues of Catholic saints will remain off of a Massachusetts city\u2019s new public safety building for the foreseeable future now that the state\u2019s highest court has upheld a lower court order prohibiting them from being erected.The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday that the $850,000, 10-foot-tall bronze statues of St. Michael and St. Florian are so closely allied with Catholicism that putting them on a public building would amount to \u201cgovernment preferential treatment of a particular religion,\u201d thus violating\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-102419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66766,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/judge-rules-against-saints-statues-on-massachusetts-government-building\/","url_meta":{"origin":102419,"position":0},"title":"Judge rules against saints\u2019 statues on Massachusetts government building","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"november 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Statues of St. Florian (at left) and St. Michael the Archangel (at right) are currently barred from appearing on the planned public safety building of Quincy, Massachusetts. \/ Credit: Courtesy of Office of Mayor Thomas Koch Boston, Massachusetts, Oct 16, 2025 \/ 12:18 pm (CNA). 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