House Passes 2 Bills On Religious Additions To War Memorials

AP reports that the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed, and sent to the Senate, two bills authorizing religious symbols on war memorials.  HR 290 permits inclusion of religious symbols on military memorials established or acquired by the United States, or memorials in which the American Battle Monuments Commission was involved. U-T San Diego points out that this is an attempt to save the much-litigated Mt. Soledad Cross. (See prior posting.) The second bill passed by the House yesterday,  HR 2070 requires installation at the Washington, D.C. World War II Memorial of a plaque containing Franklin Roosevelt's D-Day morning prayer.