Friday, December 13, 2013

Mount Soledad Cross Will Be Purged from Veterans Memorial

 

After 24 years of litigation, a federal court revealed in an emotional hearing that it has ordered the famous Mount Soledad Cross removed from a veterans memorial, holding it is a violation of the U.S. Constitution. 

Since 1913, a cross has stood as the centerpiece of the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, surrounded by nearly 3,000 granite plaques, individually honoring war heroes from every American war, from the Revolutionary War to Iraq and Afghanistan.

The structure is a 29-foot Latin cross, which was erected in 1954. For much of this time, it was in a city park in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego. Then, in 1989, the ACLU filed a lawsuit, arguing that allowing a cross on government land violates the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause. This memorial has been embroiled in litigation ever since.

More @ Breitbart

6 comments:

  1. Isn't it amazing how the powers to be want to strictly adhere to every word in the constitution when it comes to matters like religion? What about our right as Christian American Citizens to have that cross remain where it is !

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    1. The PTB in this country make me sick. Don't guess I should say more.

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  2. Reminds me of that scene in The Ten Commandments where Seti orders that the name Moses be removed from all monuments in the land of Egypt. I guess in 21st-century America you can substitute the word "Jesus" for Moses, the intent is the same: to wipe out all memory of a good man.

    "So let it be written, so let it be done."

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    1. to wipe out all memory of a good man.

      Agreed and more.

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  3. The way I read the constitution (and I read pretty well) it says that the government must keep it's hand completely off of religion. They have NO authority to restrict or control religious observation or speech. The fact that the courts have ruled 180 degrees from what the constitution says just shows how much the government fears religious people.

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    1. The fact that the courts have ruled 180 degrees from what the constitution says just shows how much the government fears religious people.

      & anyone who just wants to be left alone.

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