State Limits on Public Religious Displays

A growing number of liberal jurisdictions are adopting laws or administrative rules that restrict visible religious expressions in public spaces (beyond places of worship), often justified on neutrality, child‑safety, or public‑order grounds. These measures shift longstanding secularism debates toward active prohibition of certain displays and create new legal tests around expression, accommodation, and enforcement. — If this trend spreads, it will reshape free‑expression and minority‑rights litigation, school and municipal policy, and political mobilization around religion in public life.