Thursday, October 8, 2009

Defacing, Destroying, Disrespecting

The Supreme Court is deciding right now whether a cross, which stands on State land, is against the idea of Separation of Church and State. But that is not really the issue here. The real issue is that this cross is a War Memorial for the Soldiers who died in WWI.

Is there a difference you ask between a Cross just hanging out on state land and one that was set up as a memorial? Yes. Do we really want every bit of history, every memorial, every grave that resides on State or Federal land to be defaced or Destroyed because it is against the idea of Church and State? What about all the Stars of David in the Holocaust National Museum? Or all the crosses that mark the graves of the hundreds of men and women laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery? Will we destroy this history? Will we disrespect the dead?

I'm sure that there are thousands of different sites that have some kind of monument which has some religious symbol on them. Most of these monuments are owned by villages, towns, cities, States and the federal government. How far will we let this go?

And were in the world does it say anything about separation of church and state in the constitution?

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