Religion
In reply to the discussion: Atheist group sends 2nd complaint about war memorial [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)The public square, by the First Amendment, should be neutral on the existence of deities. The extent to which that doesn't happen is the extent our country is not truly free. Using the public square to advance your beliefs is to use the auspices of government to advance your religious beliefs, which by the Constution are personal freedoms.
And a cross is an explicitly Christian expression, not one of the same god we all worship (except those of us who do not worship).
Your wish that atheists worship in private is insulting. We don't worship anything, by choice. That's our right just as a Catholic, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, etc. has the same right to worship.
But when government uses the public square for public religious pronouncements, no matter how mild, that is an insult to the First Amendment.
BTW, welcome to DU.