The new stamp commemorates the Jewish Festival of Lights, the first religious holiday other than Christmas to be so honored. Its introduction runs counter to the postal service's policy of avoiding religious subjects, acknowledged Virginia Noelke, chairman of the Postal Service's Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee.
Some critics foresee a sticky First Amendment situation.
Inevitably, those who make the decisions will select religions they believe are most popular. The Postal Service plans to issue one stamp a year in this series celebrating the country's ethnic and cultural differences. Not all the stamps will have religious themes. That's celebrating diversity. The court ruled that the employer's ban on all religious displays in the workplace violated the First Amendment.