Some judges in America  --  whether pressured by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) or not  --  just lack commonsense.  Such is the case with a federal judge, U.S. District Court Judge Margaret C. Rodgers, who was actually appointed by a Republican president.   

The case involves a northern Florida school principal and an athletic director who are facing criminal charges and up to six months in jail over their offer of a mealtime prayer according in the "The Washington Times" (August 14, 2009.)   Pace High School Principal Frank Lay and the school athletic director, Robert Freeman, who go on trial on September 17th of course have the support of the local community.   

Persecution against Christians in America has reached such a point that a federal judge is actually threatening educators who just wanted to pray at a school event with up to six months in jail; a fine of $5,000 and loss of some 40 years of retirement benefits in the case of one of these men.  The Founders of this nation would be appalled at the lack of religious freedom in the country they began over a couple centuries ago.   

The most infamous organization in American, the so-called American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), is fighting against American veterans yet again in the United States Supreme Court. As reporter Audrey Hudson writes in today's Memorial Day edition of "The Washington Times," in an article entitled: "ACLU 'dead wrong' on cross," a 7 foot cross standing for 75 years in a California desert to memorialize war veterans is being threatened with removal by, you guessed it, the ACLU.

It is reported that the cross was first erected in the federally protected Mojave Desert Preserve by a group of veterans whose doctors told them that desert heat would help them recover from shell shock. In his column today in "The Washington Times," Glen Gardner, a Vietnam War veteran, and the national commander of the 2.2 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. wrote that the United States Supreme Court will determine whether that gesture of respect violates the U.S. Constitution's separation of church and state.

As Mr. Gardner says: "The real issue behind Salazar v. Buono is whether the use of religious symbolism in veterans memorials on public property violates the Establishment Clause. If the High Court rules in favor of the plaintiff, every such memorial across the land will be in jeopardy of being torn down -- and the ultimate loser will be America. That's because veteran memorials help our nation remember what came before."