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ACLU questions hurricane memorial
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| Last Edited | Servo Aug 08, 2006 01:50pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, August 8, 2006 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The American Civil Liberties Union is objecting to plans for a hurricane memorial in St. Bernard Parish that will feature a cross bearing a likeness of the face of Jesus.
In a letter to the parish, Louisiana ACLU Executive Director Joe Cook said the plan violates the constitutional standards of church-state separation because the memorial would be located on a public waterway. Cook asked the parish to erect a religiously neutral symbol.
The cross and accompanying monument listing the names of the 129 parish residents who died in Hurricane Katrina will be put on private land and are being financed with donations, Rodriguez said. |
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