An ACLU Foe

According to the Times Picayune, voluteers in St. Bernard Parrish aren't backing down from the ACLU. ACLU wants parish to forget cross Katrina memorial bears Jesus' face

Alarmed by newspaper reports that a hurricane memorial in St. Bernard Parish will feature a cross bearing a likeness of the face of Jesus, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana is reminding parish officials of the Constitution's separation of church and state.

Why do they keep quoting something that is NOT in the Constituion? Another question: Why do they FEAR anything to do with faith?

Never one to back down, Parish President Henry "Junior" Rodriguez has a simple reply: "They can kiss my ass."

This is a statement that needs to be repeated frequently to, and about, the ACLU.

Nonetheless, Cook asked the parish to erect a religiously neutral symbol and also voiced concern that the Parish Council was sanctioning a religious monument.

Cook, as the ACLU executive director, really should research history a little better before spouting nonsense.

Returning Rodriguez's volley, Cook added, "It would be better if he would kiss the Constitution and honor it and honor the First Amendment."

Where, I repeat for the umpteenth time, does "separation of church and state" appear in the 1st Amendment?

While the ACLU thinks a memorial to the storm and its victims is "clearly appropriate," Cook said, St. Bernard's is "still all very questionable. I think there is official government involvement with the endorsement and advancement of this clearly religious symbol."

I'll echo Mr. Rodiguez - "They can kiss my ass!" H/T: Stop the ACLU