tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256165281863652253.post7893518715669433698..comments2023-10-24T07:38:47.024-07:00Comments on A Shepherd's Voice: Sign of the CrossA Shepherd's Voicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743324067287303823noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256165281863652253.post-51687990301235052222009-10-10T07:10:44.671-07:002009-10-10T07:10:44.671-07:00I would say this is bad reporting. The article re...I would say this is bad reporting. The article refers to "the First Amendment prohibition against government endorsement of religion." But the constitution says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It refers specifically to establishment of a state religion, like Anglicanism in England, where the monarch has titular leadership of the church. The cross in this case was placed by the VFW and not the government, and permitting this symbol over the symbols of other religions in a remote corner of the desert hardly constitutes an establishment of a national religion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com