Intolerant bigots force family to remove memorial for son. (suspect, highway, supporters)

[Harrier]

A liberal group known as the American Humanist Association has imposed their intolerance for religion on a grieving family who only wanted to create a memorial for their son who died in a tragic accident.

Grieving California mom takes down cross on road after group

It is really pathetic that a group of liberal bigots can force their will on a family that lives 3,000 miles away.

Is nothing sacred?

[Oldhag1]

No, nothing is sacred. I keep waiting for someone to sue for all the crosses to be removed from national cemeteries.

[pch1013]

If a Satanist is killed in a car wreck, would it be OK for his/her loved ones to erect a Satanist monument on public property?

[HistorianDude]

Originally Posted by Harrier

Is nothing sacred?

Actually... no.

Nothing is sacred.

[Harrier]

Originally Posted by pch1013

If a Satanist is killed in a car wreck, would it be OK for his/her loved ones to erect a Satanist monument on public property?

Why not?

[scarabchuck]

Originally Posted by Harrier

A liberal group known as the American Humanist Association has imposed their intolerance for religion on a grieving family who only wanted to create a memorial for their son who died in a tragic accident.

Grieving California mom takes down cross on road after group

It is really pathetic that a group of liberal bigots can force their will on a family that lives 3,000 miles away.

Is nothing sacred?

This has got to stop, we need to tell people like this to just deal with it. This is life, not everything is going to go the way we want it too.

[katygirl68]

Originally Posted by Oldhag1

No, nothing is sacred. I keep waiting for someone to sue for all the crosses to be removed from national cemeteries.

Dont give them ideas, though I'm sure they have already looked into that.

[Wayland Woman]

We have cemeteries for memorials. I don't understand people who want to endanger their own lives by putting up memorials next to busy highways. I also don't see why the general public should have to have daily reminders that strangers died while traveling certain stretches of highways and roads. It's sad when people die in tragic accidents, but we're not living in the days of the Oregon Trail where people were forced to bury and memorialize their loved ones next to the trail. That custom does not belong in our modern society.

[Bulldogdad]

Practicing Catholic here. I don't want to see crosses all up and down the roadways marking every crash site where someone died.

You want a memorial then make a donation to your church.

Or better yet find some private property and get together with all the other families of crash victims and erect a huge cross from donations. Everytime someone dies a name can be added. Like war memorials. I'm even good with it on public property but allowing crosses and memorial sites up and down our roadways isnt practical and certainly isnt pretty. Also after a few years who is going to maintain it?

Any of you supporters of this see the millions of neglected head stones at grave yards?

Nah many of you are just pissed because some group opposes the crosses on constitutional grounds.

I oppose them from a point of practicality and I suspect that you would also if you took out the religious angle of this issue..

[no1brownsfan]

Jeez.... can't people just leave well enough alone? The mother should tell them to stick it where the sun doesn't shine!