Free Republic

If a national atheist organization has its way, a series of 12-foot-tall memorial crosses that adorn Utah's highways will be taken down. But not if the families of the people those crosses honor — state Highway Patrol troopers killed in the line of duty — have anything to say about it. American Atheists Inc. has filed a federal lawsuit, arguing that the 13 white, steel crosses represent the death of Jesus Christ and therefore violate the First Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits government establishment of religion. But the families of the fallen heroes say otherwise. They say the crosses,...