While the "naming of features or park facilities will not be used to recognize monetary contributions," the "naming of rooms in a park facility is allowed," as well as "boards or walls" within visitor centers.
"This is a thinly disguised scheme to subject the public commons to corporate branding campaigns," added Ruch, pointing to related effort by both the Bush administration and House Republicans to sell naming rights of certain park facilities, as well as some parks in their entirety. "Will anyplace be off-limits to the Nike swoosh or the McDonald's arches?"
I propose that rather than providing tax breaks to religious organizations and churches that they go the privatizing/advertising route. A Methodist could be a "Tilex," a Presbyterian perhaps an "Arby's," a Lutheran might be a "Target," and Baptists could be "Piggly Wigglies."
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