A city has a permanent display of passages from various poli…
A city has a permanent display of passages from various political and religious documents on plaques along the side of its municipal building, including the Declaration of Independence, the Ten Commandments, and the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The city has added the documents over time when they have been donated by various civic groups. Members of a religious organization that worships the planet Mars donated to the city a plaque containing their basic creed and requested that the plaque be displayed along with the other plaques on the side of the municipal building. The city refused to display the plaque, and the organization that donated the plaque brought suit against the city, claiming that its rights to freedom of speech were being violated by the city’s refusal to include the plaque along with the others. How should the court rule?