What Price are Americans Willing to Pay?

I was recently made aware of the Mojave Desert Cross via email. Apparently, in 1934, WW1 veterans put up a large cross in the Mojave Desert to honor the soldiers that died in war. This cross has been sitting in the desert for many years in memory of soldiers that never made it home to their families. A Roman Catholic, of all peope, told the ACLU that it offended him because the cross was on government land. The ACLU went to court and got a ruling to tear down the cross. The Liberty Legal Institution has been appealing the decision in the Supreme Court. The California courts ordered the cross to be covered till a final judgement was made by the Supreme Court. The cross was first covered with bags which continued to be cut off of the cross. The cross is now boarded up. Soldiers have rallied together to protect this cross and many other monuments. Liberty Legal Institute has even set up a website for people to log on and sign a petition and hear the story of this memorial cross at www.donttearmedown.com

My question is how far are we willing to let the ACLU go? When do we as Americans say that they have gone to far? I understand that there is many religions in the US. I understand that we have a right to religious freedom and I agree with that right. However, the US was founded on christian beliefs. The US has stood tall to the Pledge of Allegiance for hundreds of years. We do not ask that everyone believes in the cross or God. We do not force God down people’s throats. So why is it that Americans have to give up our history now that we have a large mix of religions? Why do we have to stop saying the pledge? Why do we have to take our motto, “In God We Trust” off of our money? Why do we have to take down monuments and change the face of buildings because it in some way offends someone else? I am not a US Soldier but I honor and respect every single soldier that risks his/her life for my freedom. My heart goes out to the families of soldiers that get their loved one back in a casket. Now, I shed tears for all the soldiers that died for our freedoms because it seems they have been forgotten. A simple cross sits in the middle of a desert in remembrance of soldiers that never made it home. A graveyard covered in white crosses silently screams that names of fallen soldiers. A memorial wall with a cross on the top list the names of thousands of soldiers that died for our country. And the ACLU and a few citizens have enough gall to try and tear them down. The ACLU and a few citizens have forgotten what those soldiers gave for us. Those soldiers even gave the ACLU and that handful of citizens the right to fight to tear down the memorials that stand today. These memorials have a cross on them, and yes the cross is the sign of a religion, but in these cases, it represents so much more. It represents lives that were lost, souls that never came home whole again, our rights, and our FREEDOMS. How dare these few people tear down our history and forgot our loved ones. What’s next, is the ACLU and these few citizens going to demand that we take down the crosses at our cemeteries? Are they going to tell us we can’t pray over the graves of our loved ones because someone might hear? I might be going a little overboard but I never thought in my life time I would see a monument that represents fallen soldiers, at risk of being torn down. When do we say enough is enough?