Quote:First of all, the only Confederate graveyard I've visited is in Franklin, TN and the U.S. flag flies over it, with individual graves marked by the flag under which each inhabitant fought.

 

Second, I've never seen any flag flown over a "Christian" graveyard other than the Stars and Stripes. I don't think a Star of David flag flies over any cemetery outside of Israel.

 

I guess I don't understand your point. An apple is quite unlike an orange.

My point is this, and it may be a bit more apple to apple than you perceived:

 

The soldiers fought for their country, but more than that, their unit, their family, their home.  They fought for a belief, which is no different than fighting for what one thinks his higher power wants of him.  To then take the winning flag and fly it over their resting place is kinda disrespectful.

 

And yes, I know slavery is disrespectful too.  But it does not exist any more in this country, no matter what manner of flag flies over the graves of the men who fought for it.

 

The Star of David analogy actually has some root in fact.  There was a lawsuit to take down a cross on a western national burial ground because Jewish people were buried there too.  I'll have to look that one up, but the lawsuit involved whether the cross was a religious symbol (which cannot be state sponsored) or a historical one.

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