The War on Religion: Mayor defends war memorial after group calls for removal of cross
It was fine for 91 years, but no longer, according to the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
A mayor has come to the defense of a war memorial that features religious symbols and prayers after a national group called for the cross to be removed. “The Firefighter’s Prayer” is a 91-year-old memorial in a Rhode Island city that honors hometown soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice defending their country during World War I and II, MyFoxBoston.com reports.
It has stood in the parking lot of the Woonsocket fire station for decades with no complaints, until earlier this year when the Freedom from Religion Foundation called for it to be stripped of the cross, claiming it violates the First Amendment’s freedom of religion clause.
The group also wants the Woonsocket Fire Department to remove “The Firefighter’s Prayer” and a picture of an angel from its website.
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People like that give atheism a bad name.
This is why we have to push back on what seems like even the silliest things, whether its verdigris’d old plaques or chicken sandwiches. They will not stop trying to remake this country to their dessicated tastes otherwise.