The Cross in Road

This article is about the separation of church and state. Honestly, this case is ridiculous and I cant believe it is a case. The American Humanist Association has brought up a case saying that a cross that sits in the median of a highway is unconstitutional. The American Legion is arguing saying that the cross was put up after World War 1 by the mothers of this towns falling soldiers.
The cross was put up almost 100 years ago in Bladensburg, Md. The mothers of the fallen soldiers were putting it up until they ran out of funds. This is when a local parks commission took over the project and finished the 40 feet cross.
The case brought to the court is asking for the cross to be moved to private property. The American Legion representatives are saying that it is not a religion symbol and was put up as a memorial for the fallen soldiers. On the other had the American Humanist Association says that the cross is simply always a symbol for Christianity, although the cross has nothing religious on it.
Here is my point on this whole thing. Why does a cross on the side of the road bother someone so much? This group is going to go through all this trouble just to remove the cross from the side of the road and put it one someones private property. This cross is just there, you literally see it for the seconds you drive by and it's not making anyone mad. But this group is going to go out of the way and make all these people mad just to get it moved. People like this need thicker skin and they are soft, plain and simple.

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/25/697017790/cross-clash-could-change-rules-for-separation-of-church-and-state

Michelle Carter to prison

Michelle Carter is now five years older than she was the last time the public heard her name. When Michelle was 17 years old when she sent her boyfriend, Conrad Roy, text messages encouraging him to commit suicide. Conrad Roy was 18 years old when he tried to kill himself multiple times before he finally took his own life in July of 2014.
Michelle Carter was accused of involuntary manslaughter for persuading Conrad to take his own life. Carter was sentenced to 15 months in prison in 2017 but remained free throughout her appeal process. The appeals court upheld the sentence and Carter started his time in prison. The lawyers for Carter plan to appeal the sentencing to the Supreme Court.

State of the Union Recap

President Trump gave his second State of the Union address on the 5th of February. He hit a multiple topics that are in the news everyday including border security, the government shutdown, the economy, and some of this accomplishments. At one point in the speech President Trump had both democrats and republicans standing and clapping cheer "USA" over and over again. The cheers came after President Trump stated that in the 2018 elections there were a record number of women voted into congress. This was an unfamiliar scene throughout the night.
During most of the speech the republicans were doing most of the standings for the President. Democrats were not big fans of when President Trump would talk about the border wall. Many of the Republicans were applauding and standing repeatedly for the President when he talked about illegal immigrants. There were no surprises on where the President was receiving his support from all night. One thing that stood out to me was reaction when abortion was talked about. President Trump called for the end of the late term abortions and most of the democrats showed little to no reaction. Late term abortion means killing the baby in the third trimester where it is almost fully developed and they remanded seated, it blew my mind.

Nonetheless the State of the Union address was a good speech. President Trump didn't say anything unexpected or outlandish that look away from the speech. This made the speech likable by both political parties and an overall success for the President.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/daily-videos/2019-state-of-the-union-address-recap-for-students/