Reply #3: If God wanted a cross there he wouldn't have burned the last one to the ground.

[beam me up scottie]

Torpy, who is an Iraq war veteran, acknowledged the suffering of the families involved and said he is sensitive to the potential fallout the objection may generate.

"Those Marines were honoring their fallen comrades, of that I am certain," said Torpy, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point who spent 10 years in the Army, leaving as a captain in 2005 after tours of duty in Kuwait and Iraq. "Their desire to erect a large cross to honor their memory is perfectly acceptable, so long as it is on church land or their own property, not on federal land."

The cross's establishment continues what Torpy said is a trend of religious monuments being confused with secular war memorials.

Emphasis mine just in case anyone questions the patriotism of this veteran.