The narrow question is whether there is a secular purpose for pawtucket's display of the crèche. the display is sponsored by the city to celebrate the holiday and to depict the origins of that holiday. these are legitimate secular purposes. —chief justice warren burger, opinion of the court, lynch v. donnelly 1984 according to the reading, what were the city’s secular purposes for displaying the crèche? check all that apply. to promote the christian religion to celebrate the holiday to encourage the celebration of christmas to show how the holiday started to act as a place for prayer

The correct answers are B) to celebrate the holiday and D) to show how the holiday started.

According to the reading, the city’s secular purposes for displaying the crèche was to celebrate the holiday and to show how the holiday started.

We are talking about the Supreme Court Case  Lynch v. Donnelly that was decided on May 5, 1984. The Supreme Court decided that having placed a nativity crib in the building did bot violate the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution. The decision was divided 5-4, and the Court considered that the city of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, was not promoting any religious belief.

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