CONCORD, N.H. — A Bible on display at a memorial at New Hampshire's veterans hospital should be removed because it is a violation of the First Amendment, a U.S. Air Force veteran said in a federal lawsuit Tuesday.
The Bible was carried by a prisoner of war in World War II and became part of the Missing Man Table honoring missing veterans and POWs at the entranceway of the Manchester VA Medical Center. The Department of Veterans Affairs said Tuesday the table was sponsored by a veterans group called the Northeast POW/MIA Network.
The lawsuit filed in Concord by James Chamberlain against the center's director, Alfred Montoya, says the Bible's inclusion is in violation of the Constitution. The First Amendment stipulates "that the government may not establish any religion. Nor can the government give favoritism to one religious belief at the expense of others," according to the suit.
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Sorry, you're totallly wrong here. The First Amendment, CONTRARY to the article's claim states that "Congress shall make no law respecting a religion... " which in no way applies to anyone individually or as a group wanting to exercise their own rights to choose their own beliefs. Congress has never made no such law.
ReplyDeleteCongress has made no law here, and freedom is still here for all of us.
So, fu
These people really need to read our Constitution which states, "Congress shall make no law..."
ReplyDeleteIs this sooooo hard to understand?
Is Congress making this law?
DUH?
It is part of a POW/MIA history display that is HISTORY and not an endorsement of one religion over another. Now if a POW/MIA has carried a Koran or other religious book to help them through I am sure they would have displayed that as well but none has ever been offered up for display in a memorial or history exhibit for it to be displayed. You can not show what is not available for such a memorial or history display, period. If Mr. Chaberlain can produce such a religious book or even writings I am sure they would be more than happy to include include it. You can not include what is not available, period!
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