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Article: Cemetery chapel's cross removed Prairie Home officials admit to politically correct motive
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 17, 1998
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Acknowledging they opted for the politically correct and legally
prudent over the religious, officials here removed a wooden cross
that has hung in the chapel at Prairie Home Cemetery for more than 30
years.
The chapel is a city-owned building, and "our attorney advised us
that it was not a matter of if you'll be sued, it's a matter of
when," said Michael Wilson, cemetery commission president.
"It would be like walking into City Hall and having a cross on the
wall," said Wilson, who noted that religious symbols cannot adorn
the walls of public buildings.
Christopher Ahmuty, executive director of the American Civil
Liberties Union of Wisconsin, said that while the ACLU often weighs
in on ...