Battle Ground's Culture War: What Should City Hall Do?

Battle Ground resident Silas Matson argues the city council's competing proclamations — from Pride to public prayer — reveal a civic category error. Government, he writes, can enforce a minimalist civic morality around public safety, but lacks the mandate to validate maximalist cultural or theological frameworks. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-how-do-we-share-a-city-and-foster-community-when-our-sincerely-held-moral-frameworks-clash-so-fundamentally/ #BattleGround #ClarkCounty #LocalGovernance #CultureWar #Opinion #SeparationOfChurchAndState #CivicMorality #LetterToTheEditor #BattleGroundCityCouncil #Washington