A Detroit Suburb Is Sued Over Which Holidays It Pays to Mark

A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses a Detroit suburb and its mayor of spending thousands of dollars to celebrate Muslim holidays while ignoring Christian and Jewish holidays. The city issued a statement in response, delivered by a spokesperson. Note what each half of that exchange is: the spending claim is an allegation made in a legal filing, and the city's answer is a statement rather than a ruling. The dispute runs on money and recognition at once — which holidays a municipality marks with public funds, and which it doesn't.