Posted on 05/28/2009 10:21:22 AM PDT by bs9021
Saving Monuments from the ACLU
by: Bethany Stotts, May 28, 2009
Schools, parks and courthouses aren’t the only places hit by separation of church and state lawsuits. Several veterans groups recently argued that a case coming before the Supreme Court this fall could help determine the fate of veterans’ memorials around the country.
They met on May 21 to protest what Mark Seavey of The American Legion called the American Civil Liberty Union’s (ACLU) “fight to secularize every facet of American life.”
“The issue for us goes far beyond the fate of one simple cross in the desert, as mentioned, and despite statements by the ACLU, our interest extends to the fate of the crosses as gravestones in various federal cemeteries,” he argued, claiming that the ACLU’s “logic,” as stated on their website, was that “gravestones and the symbols placed upon them are the choice of individual service members and their families.”
“And even if that statement is taken at face value, what of the hundreds of cross-shaped gravestones in Normandy marked as the graves unknown soldiers?... Using ACLU logic could that be the next target?” Seavey asked. “And what of the large white cross which was just mentioned which overlooks the World War I section of Arlington cemetery which commemorates no single soldier lost in the war but rather is emblematic of all those who rest in that hallowed site?”
The ACLU publication referenced, titled “Myths and Realities: Gravestones and Markers are not in Danger” maintains that “Religious symbols on personal gravestones are constitutional, unlike permanent, government-sponsored religious displays on government-owned property.”
But what about religion-evoking memorials erected on federal land by private individuals?...
(Excerpt) Read more at campusreportonline.net ...
so we need to go back in time and erase all memory of christianity too.
Remove it fro all history books
retro-actively tear down all cathedrals built with public funds
and that big Jesus statue in brazil? gotta go...
Just like the Taliban did to those 3000 year old Buddha statues
The Koran is fine though
The SCOTUS already had a case decided in February of this year called Pleasant grove City, Utah vs. Summum. The SC voted in favor of the City which had a monument of the Ten Commandments which had been donated by the Order of Eagles about 40 years ago. These folks that belong to a gnostic wacked out type of religion called Summum wanted to donate their own monument proclaiming “The Seven Aphorisms of Summum, and deman that it be as large as the 10 Commandments monument. The Court developed a theory of government speech being different than private speech. Thus, a municipality has the right to accept or reject permanent monuments donated by various groups. I wonder if it will have any effect on the upcoming case. If you are interested in SC stuff check out www.scotusblog.com
The United States of America is based on the law of Christianity. The ACLU is based on lawlessness and confusion which is of Satan.
Correction: “The United States of America was originally based on The Law of God.
Correction: “The United States of America was originally based on The Law of God...”
Good point, thank you. This reminds me of the actions of the Taliban destroying the Budda scuplture in Afganistan. “How” they are doing it is diffderent, “legal nonsense” instead of “dynamite” ... but the result sure looks the same. So in conclusion, this “legal nonsense” is as powerful as dynamite? Hmmm.
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