(February 18, 2015 at 5:48 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:(February 18, 2015 at 5:39 pm)Chas Wrote: I am a staunch proponent of secularism, but if she was a Christian, I see no problem with the crosses being there. It's a memorial to her.
Graves in military cemeteries have religious symbols appropriate to each of the dead, and that is most certainly public property.
If we were talking about a cemetery, I would find that reasoning more compelling. Whether she has a cross on her grave or not is of no concern to me. What we are talking about is a secondary memorial at a school. And if a memorial to her belongs at the school at all, it should be about her qua teacher, not about anything else. It should have a message like, "She was a great teacher," not a message about her religion. Whether it is words or other symbols makes no difference for this.
That's a reasonable argument, but does that mean it can reference nothing but her as a teacher? No mention of her being a wife or mother, a hospital volunteer or musician?
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