Group is gunning for small town's veteran memorial cross. Why did this person make a complaint? So tired of this PC BS.

Sgt Kelli Mays — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:55:17 -0400

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/08/20/group-is-gunning-for-small-towns-veteran-memorial-cross.html

Group is gunning for small town's veteran memorial cross | Fox News

The memorial features a silhouette of a soldier holding a gun and kneeling at the foot of a cross.

Response by PFC Joseph Levi made Aug 21 at 2015 10:00 PM

PFC Joseph Levi — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 22:00:59 -0400

I can't stand the PC anymore. Boohoo someone's feelings for hurt. There will always be winners and losers in this world and if you're the loser, well just deal with it!

Response by SSgt Terry P. made Aug 21 at 2015 10:07 PM

SSgt Terry P. — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 22:07:43 -0400

Jes.....nope can't say that,Oh G......nope can't say that,my Lo...nope can't say that ---Hmmmm guess i have nothing to say.

Response by SN Greg Wright made Aug 21 at 2015 10:11 PM

SN Greg Wright — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 22:11:49 -0400

Two statements stood out to me in this story:

“When we are bending to the will of one person in the town -- you know something is wrong there.”

And

"Meanwhile, I think Americans United should answer Mr. Goff’s question. Will they demand that Arlington Cemetery remove their crosses? It’s doubtful Americans United would pull a stunt like that. I think they just like to bully small towns in the Heartland."

'Nuff said.

Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Aug 21 at 2015 11:35 PM

SSgt Alex Robinson — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 23:35:54 -0400

Ugh. More PC nonsense.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 21 at 2015 11:36 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 23:36:45 -0400

Political correctness, SUCKS!!!

Response by MAJ Bryan Zeski made Aug 22 at 2015 12:49 AM

MAJ Bryan Zeski — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 00:49:21 -0400

I'm curious as to what the comments would be if a small town created a similar memorial on government property with government money that had a Soldier prone towards Mecca with a star and crescent overhead... would we think that was a memorial to Soldiers of all faiths, or just to Muslim ones? I suspect that THAT memorial would be vandalized within days - probably by "Patriotic Veterans".

Response by Capt Mark Strobl made Aug 22 at 2015 1:33 AM

Capt Mark Strobl — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 01:33:43 -0400

I'd think the mayor of Knoxville, IA could simply sell this small plot of land to a local for a nominal fee. Thus, making the 2' x 2' plot of land "private property" --and subsequently void of any further conflict about putting religious icons on public land. Meanwhile, I am face-palming.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 22 at 2015 2:49 AM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 02:49:20 -0400

Stand up to these A-Holes. Sick and tired of these exploitative pricks.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Aug 22 at 2015 3:04 AM

Capt Seid Waddell — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 03:04:12 -0400

PC represents the intolerance of the left.

Response by PO2 Kayla Modschiedler made Aug 22 at 2015 9:03 AM

PO2 Kayla Modschiedler — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 09:03:37 -0400

Some people just really can't stand for others to have something special.

Response by CSM Michael J. Uhlig made Aug 22 at 2015 8:54 PM

CSM Michael J. Uhlig — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 20:54:27 -0400

Talk about ignorance of these complainers, what really sucks is that many died to give them the freedom of speech to make their complaints!

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Aug 22 at 2015 9:14 PM

CPT Jack Durish — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 21:14:19 -0400

There's an interesting correlation here if you look for it. Once upon a time the Christian (Catholic) church fought against the translation of the bible into the vernacular. Same with the liturgy. The reason was simple. It forced the congregation to depend upon the clergy to interpret it for them. It seems that lawyers want to do the same with the Constitution. Although it was written in plain language that any rube (like you and I can understand), the lawyers have twisted its meaning with linguistic legerdemain so that we should depend on them to interpret it for us. Sadly, we've allowed them to get away with it. Thus we now have "the right to privacy". The establishment clause has been mutated into a form of religious prohibition. The Commerce Clause has been misapplied to excuse increasingly intrusive regulation of every aspect of our lives. Now that a significant number of the members of Congress are lawyers, we are besieged with legislation that only a lawyer can understand. (Well, actually they can't. To be more accurate, modern legislation is designed with enough clauses, ifs, and/ors, buts, etc that lawyers are guaranteed employment unraveling the messes caused by it. So, rather than complaining about the complaints, we'd be better served voting out the lawyers, replacing the judges (and justices), and starting over. No, we don't need a new Constitution. We simply need to rebuild the nation as a truer reflection of its vision...

Response by TSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 23 at 2015 12:15 AM

TSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 00:15:01 -0400

As a non-Christian, I am beyond tired of seeing "Christians" complain every time someone says "Hang on a minute" when it comes to religious symbols on government property.

That said, I read the article. I looked at the picture of the memorial. I don't see a grave stone, I see a cross - a Christian symbol. If it was erected on government property with government money, it is wrong. Further, if it were depicting ANY other religion, the memorial likely wouldn't last a day (especially if the soldier were to be depicted as Muslim - that one probably wouldn't make it to display). There are plenty of other ways to depict a grave marker that doesn't use a cross. Why didn't they use one of them? Heck, why didn't they write KIA across it to remove any ambiguity?

EDIT: Topic was merged as I posted. Cut out the no-longer-relevant bit.

Response by LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow made Aug 23 at 2015 10:49 AM

LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 10:49:57 -0400

Being a rabbi, I'm not happy about many government expressions of religion, but this does not bother me - there is a very long standing tradition of religious markers on soldiers (all troops) who are religious...