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Selling Land And Religion, Eang Ngov

Eang Ngov

Selling Land and Religion Eang L. Ngov* ABSTRACT Thousands of religious monuments have been donated to cities and towns. Fearing an Establishment Clause violation, some governmental bodies have privatized religious objects and the land beneath them by selling or transferring the objects and land to private parties. Drawing from Establishment Clause jurisprudence involving religious displays, this Article utilizes the Lemon and endorsement tests as analytical tools for resolving the constitutionality of land dispositions involving religious displays. The government purpose for disposing of the religious object and surrounding land have been premised on preserving the religious object as a memorial or …