gomspal Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 High court to decide if war memorial violates Constitution - CNN.com Quote
Moksha Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 Frank Buono, a former deputy superintendent of the preserve, filed a lawsuit with the help of the ACLU, claiming federal officials were acting unfairly. I hope the ACLU prevails in allowing the memorial to stay intact. It was after all, erected 75 years ago to honor war veterans. Quote
astral Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 I saw the story on the news. I would like the cross remain standing under one condition. I hope the court allows any other religions the freedom to erect their "belief symbol" right next to the cross. Quote
Jbs2763 Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 by that logic, they should eliminate all religious symbols at arlington national cemetery too Quote
hordak Posted October 6, 2009 Report Posted October 6, 2009 by that logic, they should eliminate all religious symbols at arlington national cemetery tooArlington allows all recognized symbols so there is no problem. Here they said no to the Buddhist while allowing the cross to stay. They are promoting one over the other. That is the problemThe "establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment means at least this: Neither a state nor the federal government can set up a church. Neither can pass laws which aid one religion, aid all religions, or prefer one religion over another.United States Department of Veterans Affairs emblems for headstones and markers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Quote
Traveler Posted October 7, 2009 Report Posted October 7, 2009 Stupid, stupid, stupid!!! Maybe we should destroy all the ancient religious symbols that have been found on "government" land. Someone ought to sue to have the ancient pyramids of Egypt, Mezzo America, and other places, as well as things like Stonehenge, the temples of ancient Greece and everything else of such nature on “public” land to be destroyed. We should not allow the names of the week (Tuesday, Thursday and Friday) that reference any religious deity to be displayed in any government office. We should not allow the name of the planets in our solar system to have religious names to be taught in public schools. Judges should not wear robes that represent pagan deities. No wait – let’s just discriminate against the Jewish – Christian based religions and call ourselves tolerant and diverse. The Traveler Quote
Elphaba Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 · Hidden Hidden The cross is a historical monument, and should stay where it is. People often get confused by issues such as the Ten Commandments signs,
Elphaba Posted October 7, 2009 Report Posted October 7, 2009 The cross is a historic memorial and should be allowed to stay where it is. I think people get confused as to why, as mentioned in the story, one Ten Commandments monument is ordered removed, while another is allowed to stay. It is because of its historicity. If the feature has performed a long and integral purpose to the physical location, it is historic, and should be looked on as such when deciding if it is a church/state violation. In the case of the Ten Commandments monuments, one was an integral part of the building's history. The other, which was brand new, clearly was not. Given this cross' history, I don't see how the memorial could be ordered taken down. I would even be fine with the government maintaining the memorial since it now owns the land. I think it would be a travesty to remove this cross. Elphaba Quote
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