From today’s Loudoun Times Mirror:

Loudoun County’s highest ranking judicial officials have asked supervisors to ban public displays from the courthouse grounds, saying the current policy could impede on the daily functions of the courtrooms.  

In an Aug. 31 letter to the board, judges from all of Loudoun’s courts asked supervisors to find a more suitable place for the displays to continue.

“We appreciate the Board’s interest in fashioning a policy that permits diverse individuals and groups to erect displays celebrating their beliefs, history, and traditions in a publicly owned place, and hope and believe they can be accommodated in an appropriate location within the County ownership. But we believe the courthouse grounds should be a symbol of the rule of law and a testament to the beauty and history of the County and its people,” the letter reads.

A sound, rational opinion.