The Leftist march to Bowdlerize American history of its Judeo-Christian roots, traditions and symbols chalks up a loss …
The Memorial Association announced on Monday, July 21, 2015, that its purchase of the Memorial for $1.4-million was finalized on July 17. This effectively transferred ownership of the memorial site honoring veterans from “public land” under federal ownership to “private land” of the Association, a non-governmental, non-profit, private organization. The Association has maintained the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial since its founding in 1954 in conjunction with wartime veterans of American Legion La Jolla Post 275. […]
The secular extremist American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has been suing for some twenty-six (26) years now to destroy the Mt. Soledad Memorial on the basis that the Cross honoring veterans there has been on “public land” and, therefore, violates the Establishment of Religion Clause of the First Amendment. However, it is now on “private land.” That has an enormous impact on the ACLU’s lawsuit, which is again pending in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal.
This is interesting. Here is a link to a story in a local paper about an art project that includes parts of the creation story from the Chinook Indians. This piece was designed by no less than Maya Lynn, who also did the Viet Nam memorial. It is not a minor piece by an unknown person. I have noticed that often when there is an event up here in SW Washington they often include a prayer or blessing from one of our indian tribes.
It is as if they don’t really recognize these prayers or origin stories as real religions. They would never consider having a Catholic priest or Methodist minister offer a prayer because that would violate the church/state barrier but Indians and their religious beliefs are not really a religion so that is OK. I wonder if the liberals who worship at the Church of Diversity really realize just how racist it is to ignore the validity of one of there most pampered minorities basic religious beliefs.
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I can see that monument from the backyard of my parent’s house. I have seen it in person a few times, but it’s been a long time since I’ve visited it. Maybe I’ll go when I’m there in August.
They certainly consider them qualitatively different from Judaic or Christian counterparts, but I suspect it’s because they reflexively regard all other traditions as “conquered.”
Pity they couldn’t have told the ACLU their lawsuit was violating the “free exercise” clause and no, a cross on “public land” doesn’t count as establishment of a state religion.
I suspect it’s because they reflexively regard all other traditions as “conquered.”
Conquered societies are easy to romanticize, because they are 100% impotent and also can be used to thumb out the eyes of the Judeo-Christians.
they kill babies and steal their belongs ‘nice’ people
Exactly, di.