Not even two weeks after the Supreme Court decision allowed the cross on federal lands, thieves have come and stolen the cross.

Law enforcement authorities think it was either for scrap metal or “people with an interest in the case,” as National Park Service spokeswoman Linda Slater said.

A $25,000 reward is offered for information leading to the apprehension of the thieves.

Late last month, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to keep the cross on federal lands, in a case that focused on the separation of church and state.

Personally, I think it has to be some nutty collector who decided to take it as a memento in light of the cross’s recent notoriety. Or perhaps a religious nut who is trying to break down the wall of church and state?

If it was a nonbeliever, I’m going to have say that was a lame move on his/her/their part, for PR reasons. Actually, for anyone who would’ve done this for a cause, it’s just a bad PR move.

Whatever the case, veteran groups are angry, and understandably so. The cross was a memorial to World War I veterans. A wooden cross was first placed at the site 75 years ago by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. It was recently changed to a metal cross in the 1990’s.

This isn’t the first time the cross has been vandalized. Never the less, the VFW promises to put a new cross up.

Not because of any logical reason, but because he was approached by ANOTHER religious group who was offended. The Council on American-Islamic Relations approached the mayor and shortly afterward, said to a gathering of local Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims, that he is sorry about his comment, and that what he meant is that Lancaster should be a Christian community in the sense that it should be good to its neighbors.

Why didn’t he say that in the first place? Probably because it’s not what he meant in the first place.