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.

In an aggressive stance against the Founding Fathers of the United States, Lancastor’s Mayor Rex Parris is prepared to breach the separation of church and state by uttering Christian-only prayers at city council meetings.

According to the Antelope Valley Press, Parris said to a crowd of mainly clergymen and their spouses, “We’re growing a Christian community, and don’t let anybody shy away from that”.

Parris is also promoting a ballot measure that supports prayer at public meetings with reference to a specific deity such as Jesus.

In response, secular and Muslim groups are protesting this and with good reason. How can a government openly endorses ANY religion be expected to uphold the rights of those who follow a different sky daddy, or none at all?

But seriously, how is this any different then someone saying, “Lancaster endorses Poseidon as its god of choice”? And does this actually give Lancaster credibility? I don’t think so. Because in the eyes of a world illuminated by science, Lancaster politics has become a joke.