Massachusetts high court blocks city from displaying Catholic saint statues honoring first responders

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The Massachusetts high court has blocked the city of Boston from displaying Catholic saint statues that were intended to honor first responders. The decision was made in response to a complaint from an atheist group, which argued that the display would be a government endorsement of Catholicism. The city had planned to display the statues as part of a memorial, but the court ruling has put a halt to those plans.

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