No, I wouldn't be offended, and I believe the GOVERNMENT should not be able to remove it.
Perhaps you misunderstood. They're the ones that put it up.
There would probably be a dispute among the citizens about it, but the government should not be used on any side.
The citizens are the government, or hadn't you noticed? At any rate, the government is already involved, because they're the one that put it up.
The freedom of religion means no steps can be taken to enforce one religion or another.
And you don't see this as the start of that? How long do you think it is before "thou shalt have no other gods before me" becomes the police rounding up people who worship other gods? If history teaches us anything, it's that it's a seamless transition from one to the other.
no it is not an unconstitutional endorsement by the government because the government has remained unconcerned with it.
How can they be unconcerned with it? They put it up!
If the people want to put up a ten commandments next to the statement about Allah, thats cool too.
But we're not talking about "the people." If people want to put the Ten Commandments or a 40-ft golden Buddha on their lawns, no problem. We're talking about the
government putting these things up, and I don't see how you fail to construe that as the government endorsing a religion.