In Your Opinion: ‘Peace And Non-Violence’ Memorial Has Potential To Be Divisive

By Arnold W. Schmidt, Somerset

The placement in Franklin Township of life size statues and busts of Mother Theresa, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela for a proposed Peace and Non-Violence park is being hotly debated and is potentially divisive.

These are four people who are accepted worldwide as having performed great and honorable endeavors. The debate includes if Franklin accepts these donated works, where they should be placed. In this beautifully diverse town of ours, depending on your religious, cultural, political or other views, there is disagreement about this project and eventually someone will feel left out.