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http://www.military.com/news/article/201...-fire.html

"A large cross put up by Marines at Camp Pendleton, Calif. to honor fallen comrades is under fire by an atheist group who says the sanctioning of the religious symbol reinforces the idea that Christianity has a privileged place in the American military."

You really think the USA is in any imminent danger of becoming a "church state"? Christianity is under attack in our country to a degree that couldn't have been imagined only a decade ago. There are so many 'eyes' out there on patrol, ever on the lookout for any reference to God, which may have been made by any organization even loosely associated with government so that they may file a complaint, it's truly unbelievable. This is the result of the misrepresentations made by liberals of the true intent of the doctrine of the seperation of church and state. It's both destructive to our land and a national shame. I mean, marines give their life for their country and you got bozo's like this raising sand about a cross, unbelievable.

If the marine was christian I have no problem with his personal memorial having a cross. However, if the base had a cross on it, I would not want it there, on the person himself, no problem. I would also have a problem with a satanic symbol being put on the military base, a jewish sign. Individually no, but I would not want my tax money to support any of those items of course I would also shut half of those bases, just like I got rid of my earthquake insurance. I figure that it was overkill.