So when do you think that the ACLU will go after headstones (paid for with US tax dollars, unlike the vast majority of war memorials)?
Please see:
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CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST (Cross & Crown) | Not shown because of copyrights. |
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MUSLIM (Islamic 5 Pointed Star) | Not shown because of copyrights. |
But back to memorials, do you realize that almost all of the war memorials have been erected using private funding?
For example, the WWI Memorial. "Erected in 1931, it was paid for by private funds raised through a campaign led by Frank B. Noyes, president of the Associated Press and the Washington Evening Star."
Or you have the WWII Memorial. It was funded primarily by private contributions: $197M out of $213M.
Or you have the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It was funded primarily by vets and entirely by private funds.
Now what makes the difference?
Peoples' money is what makes these memorials happen. Not government money. The majority of what government does is provide the land upon which the memorial stands. Since it is peoples' money and not government money, as long as it does not denigrate somebody else's religion, the fact that an almighty is acknowledged shouldn't be offensive. (If government money is used, then I can agree that the memorial shouldn't get into the business of religion one way or the other...as long as, in leaving the subject alone, they don't have to alter history. For example, if there was a memorial to the military chaplains who sacrificed their lives, and such a memorial was funded with government funds, it would be insane not to have the symbols of the religions represented by those chaplains displayed prominently on such a memorial)
You know, I wonder when the ACLU is going to sue the CIA and demand that they remove the Scriptural quote on the wall of the OHB lobby.
Curious, that Atheists would pick a triad of suppositories to represent their cult, but who am I to guess why.
I don't remember seeing a house of worship with that symbol anywhere though.
I suppose it would be difficult to erect a building that inspires one to pray to a void.