Letters to the Editor
Bill has local impact, support is greatly needed
Dear Editor,
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is funded by the federal
government.
I am writing to express our opinion that it is an outrage that the ACLU is
being given thousands of dollars in attorney fees that taxpayers have to pay
in lawsuits which the ACLU bring against veterans' memorials.
The ACLU has received approximately $63,000 so far in its lawsuit to destroy
the religious symbol on the Mojave Desert Veterans' Memorial (a Christian
cross erected by veterans in 1934 on what was then private land -- in 1999
it was incorporated in the Mojave Desert Preserve, which is federal land.)
How could a government with the motto "In God We Trust" allow and
fund such actions?
The Mound City National Cemetery Preservation Committee cannot fund any
legal action to prevent the ACLU or similar groups from suing our local
cemetery demanding the removal of hundreds of religious symbols on veterans'
tombstones.
We are asking your readers to write their Congressmen and urge them to
support PERA - The Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other
Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2007. This is House Report
#725 and Senate Bill #415.
This not only has local impact, but also national impact. Your support is
greatly needed.
Sincerely,
Clayton Bierbaum
Chairman, Mound City National Cemetery Preservation Committee
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