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.
I don’t know but all told what I heard is between federal and state charges they could very well spend upwards of 20 years behind bars.
I recommend someone take the “non sectarian monument” he created and shove it straight up his thieving behind.
Replace the cross and protect it from left wing law breaking scum.
RE: By the way I am an American JEW. The cross does not offend me.
As a Christian, I would feel the same way if some athiest steals the Star of David from its public location, government or private land.
The caller is so against discrimination of any sort that he can’t or won’t discriminate between good and evil.
Seems a little lenient to me.
How do you question such a sick mind?
You ask reasonable questions and get crazy answers.
My question is: Can the perp be prosecuted? Under what law and by whom?
Explain yourself.
the non-Christians have no symbol they can display to represent them, so they should NOT be offended by a group of people who DO have one. I am sick of “victims” demanding the rest of us submit to THEM.
Yes I think a more fitting punishment would be to let a bunch of vets have at them with baseball bats!
Excellent point. Hmmm, indeed.
Bullet point #6. Discrimination in any form is intolerable. Isn’t this guy discriminating against Christians?
I have subpoena’d records to trace blocked calls. Even when they block a call, it can be undone and a record produced.
It seems that the only people upset by religious symbols are atheists and new-agers. Those who have religious beliefs generally aren’t offended by symbols of different beliefs. Incidents like this continue to show me how intolerant and petty the atheists and new-agers are.
Explain yourself.
Just my sarcastic nature. It is obviously highly improbable that any legitimate religion would do this. I would bet 10 to 1 that it was an atheist group. Or Scientologists. Or maybe the Amish, lol.
Who does this POS think he is that he can decide what is allowed and what isnt.
he needs a trip to the local jail for a couple of years to teach him that his speech is free , but his vandalism isnt.
I think we can rule out Amish.
Obviously, he/she/it is just another lowlife Obama voter.
Gotta love the hypocrisy of this guy talking about discriminating against religion while making absolute moral proclamations of how things should be.
Gotcha, thanks.
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