It is disgusting, but it is the times we live in.
Old values are increasingly being tossed aside.
It all started years ago with(to quote Bill Orielly) "that dopey pinhead " who fought for baning prayer in public schools.
It has mushroomed into the aclu, and what their vision of the country should be.
I honestly belive the court will side with the aclu.
So how do we "sane" and just people get around stupid ordinances like this?
It is really not all that difficult, and that statement applies to many things that are in the warchest of the aclu.
Let's just take a look, and solution to just a few, including this one which is the topic of this thread.
Years ago,when veterans stood for something(sadly they don't count for much anymore) we celebrated them .
When this cross was erected, there was never the slightest thought it would ever be in question but, times change, and we must change with them.
So what is the solution in this case?
First, it is government property so, instead of erecting a religous icon, a government icon would be more in line with the message of rememberance trying to be put fourth.
A large flag with a permenant placque of rememberance would do just fine.
A larger than life bronze statue of a few veterans saluting a flag would also be a solution.
Something is being lost in the turmoil of this memorial,that being, the veterans sacrafice for this country.
That is what is important, not a piece of wood in the middle of the desert.
The point is, veterans need to recognized for their sacrafice in the name of freedom.
What better icon of freedom than the American flag?
What better icon than a bronze statue of veterans saluting that flag?
The need for a religous icon is nill.
Now a solution to one other aclu fiasco that they have put on the front burner, Gay Marraige.
In this case, the problem is the word itself, not the action.
Solution is simple, gays need a "new" word to replace marraige.
That word has been reserved throughout history as a union between a man and woman.
The solution is chage the word to something else when relating to gay unions between to adults of the same sex.
Sometimes the solution is right in front of us, but we can't see the forest for the trees.
Bob.