Judge orders removal of Mt. Soledad
cross in La Jolla
U.S. District
Judge Larry Burns in San Diego issued an order from the bench Thursday
declaring that the government's display of a 43-foot cross atop Mount Soledad
in La Jolla violates the Establishment
Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
He ordered the cross to be
removed within 90 days, but stayed the order until all possible appeals have
been exhausted.
On December 12, 2013 Burns
gained notoriety over his ruling that the Mount Soledad war memorial cross near
San Diego must come down. It was erected in 1954. Burns said he had no choice
but to order its removal as the cross on the memorial amounted to an
endorsement of Christianity. He stayed his order for 90 days to allow for an
appeal of his ruling to the entire United
States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit or the Supreme Court of the
United States
The federal display was
challenged in a 2006 lawsuit by the Jewish
War Veterans of the United States of America and several local residents,
all of whom were represented by the American
Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU
of San Diego and Imperial counties.
"We support the government paying tribute to those who served bravely in our country's armed forces," said Daniel Mach, director of the ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief. "But we should honor all of our heroes under one flag, not just one particular religious symbol."
What a “crock”!
Cross On Mt. Soledad
Arlington National Cemetery - Canadian Cross of Sacrifice
Please Bill, do not let them get away with
it! This needs the widest possible
exposure.
Regards,
Wayne Clark, Fullerton, CA
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