Sep 23 2009
Attack on Religion Becomes Attack on Vets
This article really got me upset.
Although I think it’s a waste of time and taxpayer dollars, there are many fights to further separate church and state that I can live with. If someone is truly offended by public school prayer, or a Ten Commandments statue in a court, or even a Christmas tree in a city building, as ridiculous as I think they are, I understand their desire to fight these things.
On the other hand, a wooden cross built by veterans 75 years ago to honor their fallen comrades I think should stay. Not only is it a monument to the fallen veterans, but also to the dedication of the veterans who constructed it, to their country and their comrades. The ACLU needs to back off this one.
I think that it is important to separate when the state tries to force a religion on someone, for example to make it obligatory to bless god in school and what is a religious monument that someone raised to honour something. Everything doesn’t have to be politics.