On-going controversy in King, North Carolina over the presence of a Christian flag that had been flying at a veteran's memorial in the city's Central Park.
City officials removed the flag as they tried to work out a constitutionally acceptable policy with the help of the Alliance Defense Fund. The proposed solution that they hit upon is to create a lottery through which residents can request to fly any flag approved by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs at one week intervals.
But, of course, the idea of allowing a non-Christian flag to fly at the memorial is simply unacceptable to some:
Carlton McKinney, a Vietnam veteran who lives just outside of King, asked whether people who bought tiles to help pay for the Veteran’s Memorial can pull up those tiles if a religious flag is flown at the memorial that they object to.
“I don’t feel right having a brick there representing me and having another flag that’s not a Christian flag,” McKinney said.
“It is certain that not everyone will be happy about this,” Infranco said. “But the policy complies with the legal guidelines and will not assist your enemies if they filed a lawsuit.”
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“I understand how angry you are,” Infranco said last night. “I think it is important that your anger be focused in the right direction.”
He repeatedly said that if city officials allowed the Christian flag to remain at the monument, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Americans United for the Separation of Church and State would sue the city and could probably win the lawsuit.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/adf-tried-blame-aclu-au-its-unpopular-proposal"and could probably win the lawsuit"
Maybe that's a sign that you shouldn't be trying to insert religion into the government, don't you think?
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