Then they came for the Evangelicals

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The War on Christians continues with "THE WAR ON THE MOUNT SOLEDAD CROSS"...

An aggrieved atheist has won his longtime battle against a 43-foot cross that stood on a mountaintop in the San Diego area...

The cross, in other words, carries meaning for the city beyond its religious symbolism. Mark Slomka, pastor of Mount Soledad Presbyterian Church, which has been considered an alternate site for the cross, told the Washington Post last December:

"That cross is not just a religious symbol. It's a symbol of coming of age and of remembrance."

No more, thanks to the oh-so-tolerant left.

Wait - aren't humanists generally Libertarians? Since when did Ayn Rand join the left?

Let's ask Philip Paulson, the "aggrieved atheist" himself, to describe just a bit of what occurred when the Atheist Coalition received a permit to hold a celebration on the "not-just-religious" Mt. Soledad on Easter Sunday in 1996:

Here are the facts: Park event permits are issued on a first come, first serve basis. The City of San Diego granted the Atheist Coalition a permit to use the park at sunrise hours on Sunday, April 7, 1996. Easter just so happens to fall on April 7th. Just because Easter falls on April 7th does not give preference for the exclusive use of a public park to a Christian religious group over all others. The decision to issue an Event Permit to the Atheist Coalition was delayed for several days to haggle over the political fallout brought on by City Council Members Juan Vargas, a former Catholic Jesuit, and George Stevens, a Baptist Minister.

I can't possibly see how Paulson got the idea that the cross was a religious symbol.

And speaking of symbols: Was I asleep in Sunday School the day they taught us about the Easter Bunny's role in Christ's Passion? Somebody's passion, maybe, but not Jesus'.