{"id":33825,"date":"2015-10-21T00:30:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T03:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=33825"},"modified":"2016-11-24T22:36:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T01:36:09","slug":"attacks-on-military-memorials-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/21\/attacks-on-military-memorials-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Attacks on Military Memorials Continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As has been noted many times, it has become increasingly popular for militant secularists to launch attacks against towns for having war memorials with religious imagery or even just the word &#8220;God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/oldenburg1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33826\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/oldenburg1.jpg\" alt=\"oldenburg1\" width=\"880\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/oldenburg1.jpg 880w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/oldenburg1-300x95.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/a>The most recent attack came in the tiny town of Oldenburg, Indiana, where Steve Kristoff &#8212; one of about 700 residents &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcpo.com\/news\/state\/state-indiana\/resident-files-complaint-over-monument-to-veteran-that-references-religion\">objected to a cross and the word &#8220;God&#8221;<\/a> on a local military memorial.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Councilman Denny Moeller said Kristoff, who lives in Oldenberg, issued a complaint with the town council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s saying that there are other people out there who are non-believers <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>that could see that and be offended by it, as well\u201d Moeller said&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The town council has voted unanimously to keep the monument exactly as it is,\u201d he said. \u201cWhether that lands them in court remains to be seen.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christianfighterpilot.com\/images\/oldenburg2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"280\" \/>The article notes Kristoff appears to be a regular complainer about being exposed to public expressions remotely related to religion:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In 2014, he filed a lawsuit against Franklin County for its display of a Nativity scene on the courthouse lawn.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Generally speaking, Oldenburg is precisely the kind of town militant secularists like to attack, because it almost certainly lacks the funds to defend itself in court &#8212; which means it could be an easy &#8220;victory&#8221; for groups attempting to scrub any semblance of religious imagery from the American public square.<\/p>\n<p>For now, it seems Kristoff is on his own, though how long that lasts remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As has been noted many times, it has become increasingly popular for militant secularists to launch attacks against towns for having war memorials with religious imagery or even just the word &#8220;God.&#8221; 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