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A SMALL WHITE CROSS

When driving to, from, and through Frankenmuth, Michigan, I'm always
intrigued with the many small simple crosses in the front yards of the
homes we pass by.

Those crosses are a statement of support for Frankenmuth's Christian
foundation. Two years ago an atheist living there complained about two
crosses on a bridge in town.

He requested that they be removed and the town removed them. He then
decided that, since he was so successful with that, the city shield should
also be changed since it had on it, along with other symbols, a heart with
a cross inside signifying the city's Lutheran beginnings. At that point,
the residents decided they had had enough. Hundreds of residents made
their opinions known by placing small crosses in their front yards.
Seeing this quiet but powerful statement from the community, the man
removed his complaint. Those simple crosses remain in those front yards
today.

After passing those crosses for two years, it finally hit me that a small
cross in millions of front yards across our country could provide a
powerful and inspiring message for all Americans passing them every day.

I think it might be time to take this idea across America . We have an
administration that says "we are not a Christian nation" and everywhere
you look the ACLU and others are trying to remove from our history and
current lives any reference to God, prayer, or the fact that our country
was founded on Judeo-Christian principles. Our administration can't
bring themselves to talk about "radical Muslims or Islamic terrorists"
for fear of offending them, but they can talk about Americans "clinging
to their guns and their religion", or insinuate that our own military
troops coming home from service overseas might turn into terrorists. The
majority of Americans are Christians, why are we letting this happen to
us?

IT'S TIME TO STAND UP AND MAKE A STATEMENT. A SMALL QUIET BUT POWERFUL
STATEMENT.
IF YOU AGREE, PLACE A SMALL WHITE CROSS IN YOUR FRONT YARD OR GARDEN FOR
ALL TO SEE THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE.

It would be a beautiful thing to see crosses all across America .

Please pass this along.

Encourage all you know to stand for America 's Judeo-Christian heritage and
our religious freedom.

God Bless America ! (If our President won't say it, I will!)
Marci Phares
Bay City , MI

To read about the cross controversy in Frankenmuth:
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/05/cross_controversy_in_frankenmu.html

http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news/local&id;=6078617


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