Religious (in)Tolerance in America?



I was surprised to find out that Bible verses were removed from the Grand Canyon. In a recent op-ed by Dennis Prager he addressed this issue.

An excerpt below:
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That the ACLU would write a letter protesting three little plaques at the Grand Canyon with verses from the book of Psalms provides a clear example of how intent the organization is on destroying the Judeo-Christian moral foundations of this society. This, after all, is the same ACLU that went to court in Florida to protect a Muslim woman's right to be photographed for her driver's license ID wearing a veil! If it ain't Judeo-Christian, the ACLU is a big fan of religion.
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Indeed, that does smack of hypocracy on the part of the ACLU. Here in the US, we are open enough a society to have a group like the ACLU but when they do stuff that makes no sense I'm glad people like Prager speak out and we should to.

Prager concludes his op-ed as follows:
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It is worth noting that no Jewish or Christian organization has ever protested the Hindu names of some of the peaks in the Grand Canyon, and no religious group would ever oppose posting American Indian sayings at such a place. Once again, the secular left shows itself to be far more intolerant than the religious right.

The left will win and America will lose only if we do not fight them. Let the Grand Canyon plaques be our rallying cry.
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UPDATE: And indeed, Prager notes that the plaques were put back after enough people spoke up.

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