{"id":10878,"date":"2009-05-25T06:39:07","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T11:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=10878"},"modified":"2009-05-25T06:41:01","modified_gmt":"2009-05-25T11:41:01","slug":"aclu-vs-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=10878","title":{"rendered":"ACLU vs. Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Somewhere in a desolate part of the Mojave Desert, on a craggy hill is a war memorial, a single, simple cross, the existence of which somehow threatens the rights of people who didn’t even know it was there until the American Civil Liberties Union filed a law suit to have it removed. The Washington Times<\/a> recounts a bit of the memorial’s history;<\/p>\n

The cross was first erected in 1934 in what is now the federally protected Mojave Desert Preserve by a group of veterans whose doctors advised them that the desert heat would help them recover from shell shock. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The ACLU explains why this memorial is so offensive to the hundreds of millions of Americans who have never seen it;<\/p>\n

“People of every faith have fought and died for this country,” says Peter Eliasberg, counsel for the ACLU Foundation of Southern California. “Yet we will have veterans divided about the idea of how you reflect the sacrifice of American veterans.”<\/p>\n

“For us to choose the principal symbol of one religion that says Jesus is the Son of God and He is divine and say that is an appropriate way to reflect the sacrifice of people who don’t believe that … is excluding by its very nature,” Mr. Eliasberg said.<\/p>\n

“What we would like done, it is appropriate to have a war memorial and to choose a symbol that reflects everyone, and not a symbol that divides veterans by their faith,” Mr. Eliasberg said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, the ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of a former National Parks Service employee who was offended by the cross all the way up in Oregon – he’s not even a veteran, so how does he know what divides veterans?<\/p>\n

Some Veterans Service Organizations held a press conference at the National Press Club and expressed their displeasure;<\/p>\n

Veterans today say this war memorial and others like it across the country that use religious symbols are under attack by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).<\/p>\n

“They are not the enemy; they are just dead wrong,” says Joe Davis, spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is our opinion this case is not about a single cross,” said Jim Sims, senior vice president of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. “It’s about thousands of veteran memorials and monuments around the country. This is about the issue of honoring veterans.”<\/p>\n

“If the plaintiff is so offended that he might possibly come across this cross someday, will the plaintiff be offended when he drives by Arlington Cemetery?” Mr. Sims asked. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Someone you might know was quoted in PR Newswire<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The American Legion is also concerned about the fate of the memorial. “If you don’t think this is not the first domino in a series, you’re not paying attention,” said Mark Seavey, Assistant National Legislative Director for The Legion. “The cross is emblematic of sacrifice, not religion.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Personally, I’m offended that the memorial looks like it does in the picture at the top of this post – what could be more offensive than a nasty-looking plywood box constructed to block a memorial from view as if we’re ashamed of the sacrifice veterans make for this country?<\/p>\n

This is just more grievance theater from the Left – manufactured outrage to employ lawyers and attack the last two groups of Americans who are acceptable targets of bias – Christians and veterans. I suppose that veterans are expected to fight for the rights of the ACLU lawyers, but they are not allowed to take part in those rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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