Today's Salt Lake Tribune reports on a lawsuit filed in a Utah federal district court yesterday challenging 14 steel crosses placed along Utah roadways to memorialize state Highway Patrol troopers who died nearby in the line of duty. 9 of the 14 crosses are on public land. The suit brought by the American Atheists (AA) seeks to remove the crosses, or at least to remove the Highway Patrol's logo from them. The state director of AA, Michael Rivers, said, "The presence of the UHP logo on a poignant religious symbol is an unconstitutional violation of the United States Constitution. It is government endorsement of religion." But the Utah Highway Patrol Association counters that crosses are used as an international sign of memorial.
