I may get flamed for saying all this, but this topic really gets my Irish up.
At the rate this country is going, it appears that these atheists, ACLU types, or whatever else, will do everything in their power to eliminate anything in this country that is remotely religious in nature, and eventually these types will include churches or houses of worship simply because they are built in public view.
Why hasn't a single elected official or attorney fought on behalf of the historic artistic representations of a society that was built on faith by a people of faith? Houses are saved for historical reference - why aren't statues, paintings, and symbols like the cross protected by our constitution? An Indian burial mound gets at least that much respect.
About ten years ago, the ACLU investigated a local grade school here that had an original painting of Jesus hanging in its lobby. They demanded its removal or they were going to sue the school - never mind that it was donated to the school and had been hanging there since 1957. The school had no money for the courts, so the painting came down. About five years ago a local community here was under attack by the ACLU because the drawing of a church was incorporated in the city's 150 year old seal. The same results occurred.
For too long the ACLU-type "tolerant" anti-religious zealots with hidden agendas have made intolerant demands on innocent people under the threat of using the courtrooms and law suits as blackmail to get their way. It is obvious that they are trying to change history by stripping all religious crosses, statues, and paintings from public view. That our elected officials and the courts support and cajole these idiots, and do not protect the majority of working taxpaying citizens - or respect historic works of art is a form of censorship, and is an even greater travesty of justice.
If your cross is forced to be removed, do you think for one minute that the ACLU-types would allow it to be displayed in a formal, public museum setting as a historic artifact? I think not. The last I heard about the Alabama 2-ton Ten Commandments was that the supreme court demanded it be removed and it was placed in a basement somewhere out of public view. (Kind of reminds you of what Hitler did in Europe, doesn't it?)
No crosses in public view? One can only guess that our national cemeteries will the next place of attack.
Paintings, Crosses, Statues, Seals, Religious Symbols - THESE ARE INANIMATE OBJECTS - IT IS ART! Paintings do not proselytize students. Statues, crosses and seals are artistic symbols of faith - they do not spew propaganda. I cannot say the same for politicians, our local elected officials, the media in general, or most of the people I've run into over the years.
It is 2005 and Christians are still being thrown to the lions.
