iaamoac wrote:
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26255-2004Jun8.html
>
> The ACLU is at it again, ruling that crosses may not be used as
> Memorials to our war dead on Federal Land. According to the "logic"
> of this ruling, at minimum the US cemetary in Normandy is
> unconstitutional, and very arguably the headstones at Arlington are
> also unconstitutional.
Hm. Then maybe my great-uncle's insistance that his headstone in the
military cemetary he's buried in bear a caduceus and not a cross was a
good thing. (He served as a doctor in WWII, he was eligible for burial
at a military cemetary, and he was emphatically not a Christian, nor a
member of any other organized religion.)
Or, as someone suggested, does the option of using a symbol other than a
cross make the *choice* of using a cross OK?
And what, if anything, does the ACLU have to say about the white crosses
at roadside spots where people were killed in automobile accidents? I
know there would be a lot of angry people if they tried to have those
banned.
Julia
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