Letters: Still debating the Soledad cross

Re “Take down that cross,” Editorial, Dec. 19

The solution to the controversy over the removal or retention of Christian symbols on government land is very simple: Change the Constitution.

The main argument of those who support the retention of those symbols is that the preponderance of people in the United States are either Christian believers, descendants of those who were once practicing Christian believers or others who have been raised in and are comfortable with a culture replete with Christian symbols and other Christian cultural reminders.

In their minds, this supersedes the provision of the Constitution prohibiting the government from showing partiality toward any one religion.

Surely this supermajority should have no trouble changing what they feel is an odious section of the Constitution.

Sydney Shiffman

Long Beach

Your editorial concerning the cross on Mt. Soledad in San Diego makes a reasonable point.

But what about the name Soledad, a title of the mother of Christ, our Lady of Solitude? You can’t get any more Christian than that.

And how about San Diego, itself named after a Roman Catholic saint?

I know these names are historical, but by now the cross as a memorial symbol in this area is historical itself.

Kathleen Matthews Lanzarotta

Pacific Palisades

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