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NOTHING PARK

Nasty atheists went to court to force the city government of LaCrosse, Wis., to sell a little piece of park land to the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Why? Because it had contained a Ten Commandments monument for years and years. After the sale, a fence and signs indicated the monument was on private property. But the Freedom From Religion Foundation kept its suit going, demanding that the monument be taken down, anyway.

They lost, last week in federal appeals court. The court relied on a related case from Marshfield, Wis., stating that "the fence and signs noting the monument site is private property are sufficient for a reasonable passerby to differentiate it from public property." In Marshfield, a statue of Jesus Christ donated to the city by the Knights of Columbus and placed in a city park was challenged; the sale to a private entity was arranged to keep it standing.

Everybody knows what this is about: the atheists are trying to censor God. As if.

I think every town should grant a few square feet of public property for a new monument, which should be called “Nothing Park.” Pour concrete over the ground, put up a cyclone fence, and add a sign, which indicates that this is a monument to . . . nothing . . . which is what the atheists worship.

There wouldn’t be any picnics there, or sports leagues, or lovers snuggling, or flowers blooming, or Frisbee-chasing dogs passing over. And that’d be fine, because that would show the contrast between what they stand for . . . and real life.

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Prayer request: We lift a shield of prayer today for Judy, who has made a plan to end her life after her husband has left her and their four children and moved to another state. This man is apparently a pedophile and has taken up with a woman who has a 9-year-old daughter, so they need prayer, too. What a sad crisis. Father, in this broken world, only You can piece together a strong, sure picture of future happiness and wholeness. Hold Judy today, Lord, and lift her eyes and heart so she can see that future, today. (2 Corinthians 1:3,4)