High Court Takes Up Case of Cross on Public Land The cross, located on a rocky outcrop in the Mojave Desert, has been covered in plywood for the past several years following federal court rulings that it violates the First Amendment
AP Wednesday, October 07, 2009
File: The cross, covered in a tarp, is seen at the Mojave National Preserve in southern California. (AP / Las Vegas Review Journal)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is taking up a long-running legal fight over a cross honoring World War I soldiers that has stood for 75 years on public land in a remote part of California.
The cross, on an outcrop known as Sunrise Rock in the Mojave National Preserve, has been covered in plywood for the past several years following federal court rulings that it violates the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment prohibition against government endorsement of religion.
The justices were to hear arguments Wednesday in a case the court could use to make an important statement about its view of the separation of church and state. The Obama administration is defending the presence of the cross, which court papers describe as being 5 to 8 feet tall.
A former National Park Service employee, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, sued to have the cross removed or covered after the agency refused to allow erection of a Buddhist memorial nearby. Frank Buono describes himself as a practicing Catholic who has no objection to religious symbols, but he took issue with the government's decision to allow the display of only the Christian symbol.
move it to Schenectady---call it Stonehenge and charge fees and make 100 county jobs around it........we can have a winter solstice dance around it---oh, that would be the ChristmasHoliday parade----there,,,now balance the Schenectady budget
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
What is so different today than it was 75 years ago, that the cross must be removed?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
What is so different today than it was 75 years ago, that the cross must be removed?
I "googled" 75 years ago.. apparently we had no internet 75 years ago..
I sometimes think people fight stuff BT cause they have nothing better to do. Why don't these same people who get up in arms over a cross in the desert spend the time.. i don't know.. maybe trying to better themselves by reading a self help book, or planting a tree.
Who wakes up and says "Today, to better my environment, i am going to cover up a random cross in the desert"?
I don't spell check! Sorry... If you include "No offense" in a statement, chances are, your statement is offensive.
Take it down. If you are going to commemorate the loss of Americans during the War commemorate every American loss of life --that would include other faith traditions. Put something patriotic there instead.
Take it down. If you are going to commemorate the loss of Americans during the War commemorate every American loss of life --that would include other faith traditions. Put something patriotic there instead.
Just like the Soviet Union. Only approved symbols of the state may be displayed on public property. Elementary aged kids singing praise to our dear leader in a public school is ok, but a cross in the middle of the desert is not.
Oh Cicero stuff a sock in it. I said put something up PATRIOTIC!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't say ignore it. Why can't you guys ever make room for anybody else at the table.
Take it down. If you are going to commemorate the loss of Americans during the War commemorate every American loss of life --that would include other faith traditions. Put something patriotic there instead.
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• Manifest FIDELITY to Jesus Christ through prayer, faith, and service;
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Maybe it's time to reconsider your discernment / calling.
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