The first settlers in New Mexico outside of the Native American population--most still call themselves Indians here--were the Spanish Conquistadors accompanied by priests who worked with the locals and Spaniards to establish communities. The Christian religion established here was 100% Roman Catholic at that time as Spain was strictly a Roman Catholic country. The Catholics still are the majority religion in New Mexico but allowed in a predominant Presbyterian presence that is still reflected in much of New Mexico health care, education, and other influences. And both have co-existed quite amicably and cooperatively with many other Christian and non-Christian presences that would follow.
That undeniable important aspect of New Mexico history was commemorated by a small cross on the Bernalillo County (Albuquerque is the County Seat) seal among many other historical symbols.
The ACLU filed suit against Bernalillo County claiming that small cross violated separation of Church and State. Bernalillo County just acquiesced rather than fight an expensive lawsuit and removed the cross from the seal.
Then in 2005 the ACLU went after the tiny Village of Tijeras, just east of Albuquerque, whose logo depicted a maize plant, a NM Zia (state symbol also with religious roots) a conquistador's helmet and sword and also a rosary depicting the historical influence of the Church.
The people there stirred up such a protest and the ACLU was receiving so much bad publicity I think they must have dropped that suit because the Village still uses that seal.
Likewise when the ACLU tried to make the City of Belen NM remove a historical old manger scene from their city square, the city pushed back hard and started a new tradition of a manger scene competition in the Christian season.
Americans have as much right to their religious history which is powerfully significant as much as we have right to all our other history, the good, the bad, the ugly. And it's time we all push back on these people demanding that we remove or destroy it.
Hooray for Sarah Huckabee Sanders. She gets it.