College removes cross – from chapel!

WorldNetDaily ^ | October 27, 2006

[Man50D]

The cross from the altar area of the chapel at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va., has been removed to ensure the space is seen as a nondenominational area, explains Melissa Engimann, assistant director for Historic Campus.

"In order to make the Wren Chapel less of a faith-specific space, and to make it more welcoming to students, faculty, staff and visitors of all faiths, the cross has been removed from the altar area," Engimann announced in an e-mail to staff.

The cross will be returned to the altar for those who wish to use it for events, services or private prayer.

The cross was in place because of the college's former association with the Anglican Church. Though the college is now nondenominational and became publicly supported in 1906, the room will still be considered a chapel, college officials said.

[Man50D]

It wouldn't suprise me if the chapel eventually will be converted into a mosque.

[bill1952]

The cross will be returned to the altar for those who wish to use it for events, services or private prayer

Hey you guys in charge of that brilliant decision: - You had better remove that altar, as well.

[bray]

They going to replace it with a picture of an aborted baby??

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters

[Right Angler]

Satan is cackling with glee. I wonder at what RPM the Founding Fathers are spinning in their graves....

[Adder]

Madness.

Absolutely absurd.

Disgusting.

And a whole lot of cuss words I can't use because we are talking about a cross and a chapel.

[sgtbono2002]

No: They will need to altar for the Pagan blood letting rites.

[dhuffman@awod.com]

From the publicly accessible site;

Louise Lambert Kale, Executive Director, the Historic Campus

The College of William & Mary
P.O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8795
Tele: +1 (757) 221-1540
Fax: +1 (757) 221-1541

Email: llkale@wm.edu

[Blueflag]

Pretty good thread already running on the topic. Yours is a WND daily source, so it's not a dupe.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726663/posts

[Salvey]

Make sure you wear your burqa before entering.

[Blueflag]

I sent an email yesterday to the College as an alum. Expressed my dismay and disgut, politely, and directed them to never contact me again for fund-raising, homecoming, etc.

I had hoped that when the prior entirely PC Dr. Sullivan stepped down that the College would act better. Nope.

[Sacajaweau]

It's all about funding.

[dhuffman@awod.com]

As I protest to posters on the various Second Amendment fora (forums) where I write, preaching here is merely to the choir (well, 'cept for the DUmmie trolls) and A-men from the murmuring congregation. Preach directly to the sinner, the wonder of the interconnected networks.

[Grig]

I dont' see why a nondenominational chaple should have a cross. It if was a mulit-denominational chaple for use by Christians, sure, but a nondenominational chaple shouldn't have decor specific to one set of faith.

[MineralMan]

"It wouldn't suprise me if the chapel eventually will be converted into a mosque."

Or a synagogue, perhaps. Last I heard, the Jews don't believe in the symbol of the cross, either.

[detsaoT]

Or a synagogue, perhaps. Last I heard, the Jews don't believe in the symbol of the cross, either.

MM, that's not the issue—and you know it. This is about the College trying to remove a Christian symbol from a room that has been a Christian chapel for almost 300 years! (2032 isn't that long away...) Can't the school provide some other space for its non-Christian students, whether Jewish, Hebrew, or Muslim, that would not interfere with the accurate portrayal of the College's Christian heritage and history? (The Wren Chapel is a part of Colonial Williamsburg, which is a "living museum" of the Commonwealth's second capital, and as such, should be expected to realistically depict life in the 18^th century!)

Or is nothing Christian allowed to be sacred any more?

Most Respecfully,
~dt~

[MineralMan]

Apparently the college decided otherwise. If it is THE chapel for that college, then the decision makes sense to me.

The military does the same thing on small bases. If there is just one chapel, no symbols of a particular religion are in the chapel, except when there is a religious function in the chapel. If the Protestants are there, a plain cross is on the wall. If the Catholics are there, a crucifix is on the wall. If a Jewish service is being held, appropriate symbols for that service are brought out. And so on. It is how a single building can be a chapel for all persons on the base.

Looks to me like a similar thing is going here.

[detsaoT]

But is that appropriate in an almost-300-year-old HISTORIC property? Do you think the College would even begin thinking about doing this if this were a historic Synagogue? It is a historic Chapel.

This kind of policy reeks of revisionism to me. I wouldn't have complained a whit if the College opened a new multi-faith chapel, but to try to remove Christian symbols from a historically-Christian room is disturbing.

Again, respectfully,
~dt~

[TChris]

It wouldn't suprise me if the chapel eventually will be converted into a mosque.

...in the name of "tolerance".

[MineralMan]

"But is that appropriate in an almost-300-year-old HISTORIC property?"

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I'm afraid I can't answer that question. The decision was not mine. The thing is that the cross will be brought in when Christian services are held. At other times it will not. That was the decision. It was not my decision. I'm merely trying to explain why it might have been made.

I guess asking the person who made it would get a clearer answer.

[detsaoT]

Already trying to get an answer. I can't imagine that the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation would allow this to happen, but who's to say. Historians are far too disgustingly PC these days—it's any wonder we know anything about our history at all...

Regards,
~dt~