WND.com - Atheists Put Bull's-Eye on Another Cross

By Michael Haverluck, WND.com

Atheists and their compatriots are putting a bull's-eye on another cross memorial, this time attacking the idea of replacing a fixture at the U.S. Marine base in Camp Pendleton, Calif., that was erected to honor soldiers killed in Iraq. . . .

The American Center for Law and Justice contends that atheists have no legal basis for challenging the military's right to honor servicemen through the symbol of the cross, which it says is "used as a widespread and universal symbol of remembrance."

"The Constitution does not prohibit honoring fallen troops through the use of a historic symbol merely because that symbol also carries religious significance," ACLJ announced in a statement, emphasizing that it does not violate the Establishment Clause. "In fact, the Constitution forbids excluding religion from every aspect of public life, precisely the goal of the MAAF and other atheist groups." . . .

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