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| Tuesday, July 15, 2003 |
 Grand plan: People may be awestruck and appreciate the handiwork of God when they see a natural wonder such as the Grand Canyon. But after this week, they'll have to keep it quiet. A bunch of plaques donated to the park by the Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary in Phoenix, which were inscribed with passages from the Book of Psalms (specifically, by chapter and verse 68:4, 66:4 and 104.24), were taken down this week. The plaques were removed after the ACLU claimed they violated the so-called "separation of church and state."
"They are religious plaques on federal buildings and that's not allowed based on the law," says Maureen Oltrogge, a Grand Canyon National Park spokeswoman.
Ironically, the park service decided that a number of the canyon's formations can be named after Hindu gods. We're still waiting for some Jewish references such as the Oy Overlook, the Cohen Cliffs, and the Moskowitz Mountains.
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