ACLU Files to Remove All Crosses at Arlington Cemetery

The ACLU may have filed a lawsuit in federal court demanding that any and all religious markers; Christian cross, Star of David or any other emblem suggesting subservience to deity be removed from gravesites at Arlington Cemetery; and this only hours before our celebration of the 4th of July.

Lawyers for the ACLU are representing an atheist who must drive past the famous cemetery were thousands of American soldiers are buried. Not having read the actual court filing, according to a well placed source, it was a clear violation of the constitutional separation of church and state.

The document carefully hides the name of the individual bringing suit against Arlington Cemetery; however, here is a part of the opening statement contained within the complaint:

“I have to travel to my office on a public road which mandates that I drive past the rolling hills of Arlington Cemetery. I see no reason why I should be made to feel less a citizen for my reasoning powers, reasoning powers which direct me to understand that there is no such thing as god, that the kook fringe fundamentalist right has used religion to keep a strangle hold on the rest of us for too many years. These are the same malcontents who refused to let the theory of evolution be taught in public schools for years, claiming some miracle of god did it all in 7 days, and we all know how that court case ended. My tax dollars are used to maintain that cemetery and I’ll be damned if I want to look at a bunch burial markers covered with white crosses, row upon row for as far as the eye can see.”

A copy of the law suit will be available for viewing later in the week according to officials at Arlington Cemetery who had not had a chance to review the legal document.

“Do you have any idea what it will cost to remove every cross from every head stone; much less the damage to the sacred final resting place of our fighting soldiers who died defending the right to have those crosses placed there?” Someone who looked and sounded very much like Vice President Dick Cheney was heard as he shouted a familiar short retort containing a four letter word at the ACLU lawyer, similar to his encounter on the Senate floor not so long ago.

This latest suit comes on the heels of federal judge’s edict that the 29 foot Soledad Cross must be removed from federal property. In that ruling, the city of San Diego must either remove the cross or pay a five thousand dollar a day fine.

Glib Fortuna over at Stop the ACLU wrote in his article:
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“For those who deny that the ACLU is on a relentlessly rabid campaign to remove any trace of our nation’s religious heritage, please digest the details of this case.”

(file this article under F as in Fiction, False Report or Fantacy)