You hit the nail on the head - it is the nanny state. See it's bad when the libs are in charge, but good when so-called "conservatives" are.
Let's spend our energies on porn, putting bags over DOJ statues, creationism and ignore the fact that Islam is again at the front gates.
The statue itself was not the issue, it was the prominence in the photos the press chose to run. It is hardly a well composed image.