WND.com - Thousands Tell Government to Leave Statue Alone

December 5, 2011

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By Michael F. Haverluck, WND.com

The American Center for Law and Justice has sent the National Forest Service a letter with more than 70,000 names of people expressing their support for a statue of Jesus erected by World War II veterans as a war memorial on Big Mountain in Montana.

The veterans, who also were members of the Knights of Columbus, put the statue in place more than half a century ago. It was modeled after monuments they saw during the war in Europe to commemorate the service of local WWII veterans.

Inside a month, more than 70,000 Americans signed on to protect the memorial that has honored troops for nearly six decades, and the ACLJ is heading up the challenge. . . .

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