Posted on 07/07/2006 8:03:15 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
No problem at all. I wasn't around most of today. What is sticking in my mind about "tradition" and court decisions has to do with another decision not specifically (yet anyway) applied to the Mt. Soledad case. I'll see if I can try to find what it is I'm thinking about about so my question can be clarified.
Those homosexuals out there hate looking at that cross because it reminds them how sinful they are.
Don't be so small minded. The chairmen of the "Save the Cross" effort which got Prop A on the ballot and passed are practicing Jews (Phil Thalheimer & Myke Shelby). There are other faiths represented as well including, I think, an atheist.
Uh... homosexuals? Since when is atheist Phil Paulson a homosexual?
No, it's not. It's not even a left/right argument. The cross wasn't put up by a government entity as a way of saying, this is a Christian Nation. This cross was dedicated as a memorial to Korean War veterans. It has a legitimate historical purpose and there are many non-Christians who support keeping it right where it is.
It should be noted that his country has survived because of the sacrifices of Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Wiccans, Atheists, Agnostics, etc... It has survived because we are an inclusive country that doesn't punish people for failing to toe a specific religious or idological line.
Those homosexuals out there hate looking at that cross because it reminds them how sinful they are.
Uh... homosexuals? Since when is atheist Phil Paulson a homosexual?
Where did I say that? I was just making a statement as to why some people don't like looking at the cross.
I hate to rain on anyone's parade here, but how much have the endless lawsuits, legal challenges, and running of a ballot initiative on this issue cost San Diego taxpayers?
I would think that it would be cheaper to simply sell the site to a private party (say the VOFW) and be done with it. Even if the site was sold at a public auction, it would probably have taken less effort to run a fundraising drive than all this. And keep in mind that so long as this is kept in the courts, the opposition isn't being forced to put it's money where it's mouth is.
I think the two factors that are now favorable are Alito and Roberts
double good with a cherry on top
I hate to rain on anyone's parade here, but how much have the endless lawsuits, legal challenges, and running of a ballot initiative on this issue cost San Diego taxpayers?
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They have cost a lot to be sure but let me toss the inverse back at you.
How much does it cost us if we don't have the parade if you get my drift?
In this case regardless where the case is in the courts, the opposition ought to just keep their mouths shut, they've already done enough harm as is. jmo
The Mayor of San Diego should long ago have announced that the court's ruling was unconstitutional, that he was officially nullifying it, and would pay no fines that the court ordered. I don't understand how we as a nation has stooped so low, and to unquestioningly cede so much power to the Judiciary that it has not been given by our Constitution.
It's not a cross. Some people just build giant lower case "t's"
"giant t's"
Which sort of reminds me of one other proposal, namely that the cross be set up so that it recognizes religions in proportion to the local population's membership in each. We'd mount the 'wings' on hinges, then lower them for a portion of the day that was equal to the percentage of local residents offended by a cross. We figured the lowering would be from 3:12 to 3:14 each morning.
Yeah, America would have been wasted long ago without all the blood spilled by Jews, Buddhists, Wiccans, Atheists and Agnostics. hah
Not that I don't appreciate what any of them may have done for our country, but this was, and still is, predominently a Christian nation. It's most of the others you mentioned that are flushing our nation down the toilet into a cesspool of moral decadence.
I really think we need to start a big push to remove idiot judges like this. How many millions of dollars has this ridiculous lawsuit cost? How did it ever get this far?
This bozo is actually a Nixon appointee. He has evidently been handing down bad decisions for an entire lifetime. I hate to think how many other stupid things he has accomplished over his 36 year career on the bench.
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