After battling cancer, Linda Baker, wife of Pastor Mark Baker of Ovid, Colorado, passed away, her last wish being that her tombstone be engraved with an Ichthus fish (symbol of Christianity) with Jesus' name in the center.

No problem, right? Think again.

When the Baker family informed Shawn Rewoldt, director of Sterling, Colorado's city-owned cemetery of their plans, he told them it would be a problem and couldn't allow it. Not only that but he flat out refused to work with the Bakers and threatened to take the matter to the city attorney.

As to why it would be an issue, family member Stacy Adams said, "After we kept pushing them, the cemetery director told us that it might offend somebody," and asked her what she would think if someone wanted to put a swastika on a headstone.

As if a swastika and a Christian symbol are even remotely in the same category? I'll refrain from suspecting that the director might have thought so.

Speaking to WTSB News, Adams noted, "[They] are full Scriptures (Christian-themed tombstones) everywhere you look. You can't walk two feet without tripping over them."

When the Bakers failed to get any support from Sterling's City Manager Joe Kiolbasa, they turned to social media and other news outlets to bring attention to the injustice.

Needless to say, it didn't take long for the city to start backpedalling; issuing a statement that there had been an "error" in the cemetery director's decision.

Ya' think?

The Baker family should be congratulated for standing firm in their beliefs and constitutional rights in the face of such politically motivated disrespect. And to think they had to stand their ground in the midst of grieving for their loved one makes me admire their perseverance even more.

To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE

Barron Trump Reportedly Saved a Woman's life after Witnessing Violent Assault on FaceTime Call

MAGA Baby Boom? Usha Vance Baby News Takes the Internet by Storm

HHS Deputy Secretary Shocked to Hear About 'Horrors' of Euthanasia Organ Donation in Canada

FCC Puts Liberal Talk Shows on Notice That It'll Enforce Candidate Guest-Equity Requirement

The President Trump at Davos That the Left Didn't Want You to See

Here Are the Details of President Trump's Greenland Deal

In Davos, Trump Hails Gaza Peace Board, Warns Hamas to Disarm or 'Be Blown Away'

First Arrests Made Following St. Paul Anti-ICE Church Attack, 'More to Come'

Survey Shows Record American Support for Public Faith Sharing

Atheist Filmmaker Abandons Unbelief for Jesus [Video]

Truce Halts Syria Fighting; Netanyahu to Join Gaza Board of Peace Despite Israeli Misgivings

Eric Schmitt: 1 Year in, President Trump Restored Law and Order and Put America First

Bill and Hillary Clinton Are in Real Trouble Now

'We Don't Want to Be Like Minneapolis,' Other Minnesota Cities Say, Supporting ICE

Shocking Undercover Video Shows Judges in Ohio Immigration Courts Can be Bribed to Keep Illegals in the US

Top Trump Officials Say 'Arrests Coming' for Anti-ICE Invasion of Church

'A Piece of Ice for World Protection': Trump Addresses if US Will Use Force in Greenland

Sarah Huckabee Sanders' Kids Make 2,000-Year-Old Archaeological Discovery in Israeli Cave

FDA Clears First At-Home Brain Device for Depression, a Non-Drug Option

Planned Parenthood's Grip on Christian Universities, and the Pushback Taking Place