Congress, senate, and the president decided to bypass a court ruling and enact a law to transfer the Mt. Soledad cross to the United States government. There seems to be much rejoicing by our mayor and city council members about this; rightfully so, the city no longer has to pay to defend the cross that shouldn’t be there; the federal government will now be entangled in the legal battle about a religious symbol on government property. As I’ve said before (I think), I have no problems with people’s religious beliefs as long as they are not imposed on me and likewise I will not impose my religious beliefs on others. Not only is this cross on land that I, as a taxpayer, own, my tax dollars are now paying to keep this religious symbol. The cross just needs to be moved and then the matter will be over.
It appears to me that in the last few years (probably since George W. Bush came into office), that our country has brought religion more into politics. I don’t seem to recall stupid laws, rulings, etc. being so prominent prior to 2000. Maybe I wasn’t paying attention or maybe the president has decided that his sole purpose in office is to make everyone belief in his right wing conserative Christian beliefs. This kind of imposing religion on others (which is being done by the law about stem cells, limiting abortion, etc.) seems to be what radical extremist in Iraq, Iran, and the rest of the Middle East are trying to do.