Posted on 05/12/2010 12:51:32 PM PDT by Excellence
Note: An anonymous caller, claiming to know the details of the theft of the Mojave Cross, called the Desert Dispatch Tuesday afternoon, saying he was not directly responsible for the cross’s theft, but knew who was. While the claims could not be verified, the caller, who identifies himself as a veteran, seems likely connected to the theft. Below are key points of a written explanation provided by the caller.
• The cross has been carefully preserved.
• A small non-sectarian monument was brought to place at the site but technical difficulties prevented this from happening at the time the cross was moved to its new location.
• The cross was erected illegally on public land in 1998 by a private individual. Since then the government has actively worked to promote the continued existence of the cross, even as it excluded other monuments from differing religions. This favoritism and exclusion clearly violates the establishment clause of the US Constitution.
• Anthony Kennedy desecrated and marginalized the memory and sacrifice of all those non-Christians that died in WWI when he wrote: 'Here one Latin cross in the desert evokes far more than religion. It evokes thousands of small crosses in foreign fields marking the graves of Americans who fell in battles — battles whose tragedies are compounded if the fallen are forgotten.'
• Justice Kennedy’s words in particular and others like them from the other Justices caused me to act.
• Discrimination in any form is intolerable, as is hatred.
• Discrimination or hatred based upon religion should be despised by all Americans.
• Despite what many people are saying, this act was definitively not anti-Christian. It was instead anti-discrimination.
• If an appropriate and permanent non-sectarian memorial is placed at the site the cross will be immediately returned.
• Alternatively, if a place can be found that memorializes the Christian Veterans of WWI that is not on public land the Cross will promptly be forwarded with care and reverence for installation at the private site.
In the world of the liberal, this is true. In their world, discrimination is "intolerable" for every walk of life. Pedophiles, rapists, murderers, cannibals, the slothful...pretty much everyone except Christians and heterosexuals. So I'm not buying that the action these liberals took was a promotion of Christianity in any way.
Yes his “facts” are all wrong. The land is not public land and the cross has stood there for about 75 years. They are hateful criminals who desecrated a war memorial, it is them who are in the wrong here.
“Discrimination or hatred based upon religion should be despised by all Americans.”
rather ironic, no?
Interesting take. Brilliant, in fact.
I guess the institutions of a representative government are obselete in this brave new “alice in wonderland” liberal “utopic dictatorship”. Why let facts get in the way?
I mean honestly, a cross in the desert?? really? I reckon next you’ll want to wear old glory to an american taxpayer funded school!
Taking the law into one's own hands cannot be tolerated.
And displaying a religious symbol of any religion on public land is not per se illegal or unConstitutional.
Having said that, I do believe the perps, criminals though they be, have one valid point. Many of those who fought bravely in WWII, and in all our wars, were not Christians. Think of the Americans of Japanese descent who, though illegally interned in concentration camps during WWII, volunteered to fight in places like Italy, and those units had the highest record of valor among their compatriots.
Thomas Paine, an atheist, played a key role in rallying Americans to the cause of Revolution. People like him should be respected.
I wonder what religious sect was so ticked off that they would steal that cross? They need to grow up, to say the least.
I think the cross should be restored to its original place, on public land. And if any other religious or atheistic group wants to place a memorial to those who fought and sacrificed, let them do it - as long as it is not overtly offensive to any other religion.
The perps need to face a judge, however, for the crime of theft.
Isn't it funny how their hatred for Christianty forced them to discriminate by tearing down the cross?
They will face more than simple theft! This as I understand was designed a war memorial and carries federal counts for defacing.
Wonder if they are going to talk to Michael Weinstein? He’s that former Air Force guy who is a ringleader in this kind of thing. Was also part of the lawsuit to remove it.
Heard him interviewed on the radio, sounds about like his style. That legalistic language,,”carefully preserved, alternative monument”,, etc.
Except for discrimination against Christian symbols on private land.
That kind of discrimination we're OK with...
Land is cheap in the desert. Let this group buy their own parcel and erect whatever monument they want! (After serving their sentences)
Before we get all 'kumbayah' over this....let us define "religion"...shall we?
Is Satanism a religion? Is Islam a religion? Is a dogma or set of beliefs that espouses hatred and discrimination a religion?
The hubris and narcissism of the Left knows no bounds.
I would only add... After serving their very long sentences.
I despise thieves and tyrants. I guess that makes me wrong. /s
Can he be charged with a hate crime? Seems like he should be.
$10 wager, loser gives $10 to FR.
When the perps are found out, they are not of a 'religous sect'. If they are, I pay, if they aren't, you pay.
Deal?
It’s the Amish (again)
Yes the charges they face on the federal level as I understand it carries something like a 15 year sentace. At least that is what Megyn Kelly on Fox said earlier.
Hey, I believe they deserve justice - just'as many years as the law allows!
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