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White House asks Supreme Court to allow cross on Mt. Soledad [View all]
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-white-house-asks-supreme-court-to-allow-cross-on-mount-soledad-20120316,0,5085109.storyBy David G. Savage
March 16, 2012, 9:36 a.m.
Reporting from Washington
The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow a 43-foot-tall cross that serves as a war memorial to remain atop Mt. Soledad near San Diego, arguing the cross that has been there since 1954 is not an endorsement of religion.
The government should not be required to tear down a cross that has stood without incident for 58 years as a highly venerated memorial to the nations fallen service members, Solicitor Gen. Donald Verrilli Jr. said in a new appeal to the high court.
He urged the justices to reverse a decision of the U.S. 9th Circuit of Appeals that last year held the cross was primarily a Christian symbol and unconstitutional. Its prominent display on public land in La Jolla amounted to an official endorsement of religion in violation of the 1st Amendment, the judges said in a 3-0 ruling.
If the justices take up the case later this year which is likely it could force them to finally resolve whether religious symbols, such as a cross or the Ten Commandments, can be prominently displayed on public land.
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meanwhile, drones are murdering women and kids - gotta love the 9 commandments nt
msongs
Mar 2012
#3
By that reasoning they would have to chisel all the religious symbols of all veteran headstones.
humblebum
Mar 2012
#6
So how do you distinguish between allowing one form of religious symbol on government property
humblebum
Mar 2012
#8
Seriously, so allowing individuals to practice their right to free expression without government...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#27
Anyone can wear a religious symbol (such as a cross or Star of David) while present on public lands.
man4allcats
Mar 2012
#12
Secular Humanism has also been declared as a religion by the courts, so making the site
humblebum
Mar 2012
#15
And you listen to what a bunch of lawyers tell you rather than think for yourself?
man4allcats
Mar 2012
#16
And what are those stone tablets the figure is holding? I can't make them out.nt
humblebum
Mar 2012
#30
And what are those stone tablets the figure is holding? I can't make them out.
AlbertCat
Mar 2012
#50
That was pointed out to me repeatedly when I questioned why a self-described atheist
cbayer
Mar 2012
#42
America is a Christian nation then since the majority of Americans are Christian?
AlbertCat
Mar 2012
#53
arguing the cross that has been there since 1954 is not an endorsement of religion.
AlbertCat
Mar 2012
#45