"The atheists suggest the association could honor the troopers with a non-denominational symbol."
And violate the religious beliefs of the trooper and family?
Enough. The nazi comparison is just offensive and the idea that the cross is nazism is so bigoted and offensive, so demeaning to Christians, that this group of atheists should apologize.
What part of "or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" do these people not understand?
The problem with America today is that liberals have replaced what the Constitution actually says with their own Cliffs Notes version of the Constitution.