Friday, April 08, 2005
HOW DOES THAT WORK AGAIN ?
My husband and I made a quick trip to the store for groceries this evening. This store happens to be across the street from city hall in a nearby community. While loading the groceries into the trunk I happened to look up. There was the flag out in front of city hall flying at half mast. "Why?" I asked the man who was loading the trunk. "For the Pope" he responded.
So what happened to the separation of Church and State tonight? If the separation can be breached for the death of the Pope, what is to stop it being breached for other reasons, like say a nativity scene on the city hall lawn at Christmas time?
Yet this same community was engaged in a legal battle not long ago because of the Christian images on the city seal. If the flag can fly at half mast for a Catholic religious leader, why can't the seal carry a Christian image?
