That was my point. I didn’t make it as well as you did.

But the Constitution also prohibits the Government from violating religion, too.

Interestingly, it was only recently that the mountain became so sacred that telescopes were a violation of its sacredness. Several telescopes over the past decades were constructed and operated. Only now are they protesting, because only now have they decided that the mountain is too sacred, although there is little evidence that the mountain is now or has been in the past in this way.

The article says: “For now, they’re keeping an eye on cultural practitioners who duck under ‘No Trespassing’ signs to get to the ‘ahu or altars that were built on the site — and who maintain the mountain is a sacred place that needs to be protected.”

The article fails to tell us how many months ago the ‘ahu were built on the site, perhaps to imply that the ‘ahu prove that the site has been “sacred” for longer than these past few months of controversy.

The argument is essentially a Religious one. The Mountain is sacred to the indigenous people but the US Constitution prohibits the Government from respecting any Religion. So this argument must be thrown out. It certainly would be if a Christian were making it.

I hope someone at TMT drives this point.