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Updated: 1:23 PM Aug 8, 2006
ACLU Objects To Katrina Memorial That Includes Cross
The ACLU is objecting to plans for a Katrina memorial, the design of which includes a cross. Posted: 1:15 PM Aug 8, 2006 |
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(August 8, 2006)--The American Civil Liberties Union is objecting to plans for a memorial to the 129 residents of Louisiana's St. Bernard Parish who died in Hurricane Katrina, because it will include a cross bearing a likeness of the face of Jesus.
In a letter to parish officials, Louisiana ACLU Executive Director Joe Cook said the plan violates separation of church and state because the memorial would be alongside a public waterway.
But the parish president says he sees nothing wrong with the memorial, which will be erected on private land near the Mississippi River's Gulf outlet and is being financed with donations.
The illuminated stainless steel cross will be 13 feet tall and seven feet wide and will be dedicated on Aug. 29, the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
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