Ask President Bush To Make The Mount Soledad Cross A National Monument
Save the historic cross from another ACLU-backed removal
A 43-foot tall cross that was erected atop Mt. Soledad in San Diego, California 50 years ago to honor our nation’s veterans faces imminent removal unless we act now. An ACLU-backed atheist has waged a 15-year court battle to force removal of the famous cross. And a federal court has ordered the city of San Diego to remove it.
However, one option remains. Federal law known as the Antiquities Act authorizes the President to designate landmarks and structures as national monuments and make the property on which the monument stands federal property. President Clinton used this law to establish numerous new national monuments during his term. In addition, the Historic Sites Act allows the Secretary of the Interior to designate certain sites national historic landmarks and bring them under the care of the National Park Service.
Just this month, on Veterans’ Day, a new plaque was added to the Mt. Soledad Memorial to honor President Reagan, further strengthening its status as a monument worthy of national protection. Thus, it is fitting that the President formally designate Mt. Soledad as a national memorial park for veterans, and save it from destruction at the hands of the ACLU.
ACT NOW!
Please send an urgent email to President Bush TODAY and ask him to make Mt. Soledad a national memorial. Scroll down this page to find a pre-written letter to the President, which you may edit or send as is.
And please, forward this e-mail to one friend.
Sincerly,
Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman
American Family Association
This court decision is ridiculous. This is a historic war memorial that needs to be saved from the Secularists like this atheist who has dubbed defenders of this memorial "Jihad Jesus Republicans." Please visit the webpage (linked at the top of this entry) for the email/letter form. I personally recommend sending the message in letter form. It just seems to me like that would garner more attention.
posted by Jay McHue @ 10:01 AM
1 Comments:
Although I normally tend to agree with the ACLU on most issues, I am starting to grow frustrated with their lack of respect towards organized religion. For example, in LA when they forced the county to remove religious symbols (a cross) from a county seal. Come on people just as atheists want to be respected for their beliefs or lack thereof, so do religious followers.
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