Freedom from religion? Or freedom for religion?

From AOL. news (Oct. 30) — A clash between the Constitution and a Christmas tradition has led to a federal lawsuit in Warren, Mich. John Satawa is fighting to return the Nativity scene his father built in 1945 to
the median of a public street. The Thomas More Law Center, a Michigan firm that promotes Christian values, filed a suit on his behalf last week, charging Satawa’s rights to free speech and equal protection under the law have been violated.

The Macomb County Road Commission, which ordered the creche removed, also cited the First Amendment. After receiving a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, of Madison, Wis., last December, the commission ruled the display on public property violated the separation of church and state.

So whose rights should upheld in this case? Freedom From religion? Or Freedom for Religion?

I can't help but be concerned about a nation for which the default position in matters of religion in the public square is atheism. Without belief in God, it seems to me to be impossible for humanity to get outside our own narrow and very anthro-centric view of the universe. What happens to a society in which the only ideal is our own imperfect selves?