Government Disclaimer

In King, North Carolina a Christian symbol was removed from a war memorial because the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) threatened to sue. The same thing has happened in California and many other places, all on the claim that there must be a separation between church and state.

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

I read this as a prohibition on Congress, not on the people. If the people decide that they would like a display of a cross, Star of David, or something else, it is their right to do so.

I think a small plaque should be provided, “by the state”, that states “Any symbols at this location are in no way an endorsement of any kind of a religious nature by this state or government.” Movie companies put the disclaimer of “This movie is not the opinion or view of the movie company.”

I don’t have a problem with people putting a cross on the grave of a brave soldier; I have a problem with two or three people complaining like they have been actually hurt somehow because they see a cross, so they want it removed.

A tyranny by the minority is when two or three people tell everyone else what to do.

I won’t remove the cross from a Vietnam memorial any more than I would pluck one from the hallowed ground of Arlington.

The dead should be allowed to rest,

free of this secular war.