Voters to decide on historic cross

WND ^ | May 21, 2005 | By James Lambert

[BigFinn]

Let me get this straight. The people sign petitions to get it on the ballad. They vote that the cross will remain in place. The judges revoke the intiative saying it is unconstitutional.

[California Patriot]

"Voters to decide ..."

Ha, ha. Very funny. If only it were true.

[de Buillion]

What is it about this that you don't get? The ACLU controls our courts. End of story!

[California Patriot]

The cross has been there for decades. It is part of the community. People have grown up with it. The fact that this means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to the Anti-Christian Liberal Un-Americans is revolting.

[de Buillion]

"Our Founding Fathers seem to have intentionally avoided any mention of "god" in our constitution and wrote a specific ban on government establishment of religion. "

Please tell me Sir/M'am, where this "specific ban" appears? Where is it written"?

[Eagles6]

It's been there for 50 years. You're not an american so I guess you just don't get it. Would you support pulling up all those crosses that stand at the graves of brave Americans who saved your country from totalitarianism? I would think that they are on public land. That attitude is why europe, unfortunately, is soon to be in the dustbin of history.

[mhx]

Where is this case did Congress make a law?

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

I hate to point out the glaringly obvious, but the city of San Diego is named for a Christian saint. Should the city change its name as well as lose the cross?

[California Patriot]

You asked why people feel compelled to put these things on public land. I pointed out that this happened a long time ago. If people are trying to put things on public land NOW, it's because they're striking out at the Anti-Christ Lawyers Union any way they can.

Having a cross on public land isn't in any way a violation of the constitution.

[ArmyTeach]

By and large the crosses in question were placed on public land long before anyone ever imagined it would ever be an issue. It wasn't that long ago that expressions of faith were not only acceptable, but welcome. We never have had or will have a federal church. Nobody is suggesting that the First Baptist Church (or any other) on 1st and Kitchewa Street in Anytown USA be declared our federally established church. Early in our history several states had established churches, but that went away. Don't ever forget that the same provision in the Bill of Rights also bans government from prohibiting the free expression of religion. No caveats as to time, manner, or place.

[Eagles6]

I already read your profile. You live in europe and you obviously reason like an appeasing european. Thus you will be treated like one. In the country in which you reside do you advocate pulling up all the crosses from the American cemeteries on public land? I guess so. Please stay in eurabia. We have far too many of your kind here as it is.