2006 file photo / Union-Tribune
A judge says the cross atop Mount Soledad “communicates”
primarily nonreligious messages of military service and sacrifice.
Posted on 07/30/2008 11:56:12 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
What's changing: A federal judge ruled yesterday that the cross is more a secular memorial to war veterans than a statement promoting religion. He said the cross can stay on federal land.
The future: Opponents of the cross are considering whether to appeal.
Online: Read the judge's 36-page ruling at uniontrib.com/more/documents.
Online: Read the judge’s 36-page ruling at uniontrib.com/more/documents.
http://www.uniontrib.com/more/documents
These ACLU people are not 'civil libertarians'.
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I can see this being won on appeal in a close decision at the Supreme Court with the pro-cross side winning. If not, simply sell the land to a non-profit veterans group and it becomes private land and the ACLU jerks can go pound sand until it turns to glass.
There are no critics - it was one critic that sued. He was an atheist. The people of the city voted many times to keep it and this one guy kept it in the court system. I believe however he recently died and is worm food.
This one has been going on for years.
The Godless won’t give up.
fyi
The Judge on this latest go-around.. GW 2003 appointee
Burns, Larry Alan
Born 1954 in Pasadena, CA
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Southern District of California
Nominated by George W. Bush on May 1, 2003, to a new seat created by 116 Stat. 1758; Confirmed by the Senate on September 24, 2003, and received commission on September 25, 2003.
U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 1997-2003
Education:
Point Loma College, B.A., 1976
University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., 1979
Professional Career:
Deputy district attorney, San Diego County, California, 1979-1985
Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of California, 1985-1997
Race or Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Paulson died in 2006.
Guess I remembered correctly.
suck on that Anti-Christian Lawyers Union.
They are uncivil haters.
Welcome to San Diego. Many fine FReepers here.
Perhaps the next target of the athiests will be the letter “T” since it is in the form of a cross, thus showing making every piece of printed paper a “religious symbol.”
Fear the Cross, Fear the “T” -— and then they can campaign against t-shirts!
I am so sick of the surrender to Federal judges. Someone please read the Constitution!
It was on Federal property. From the text: "That year (2006), Congress passed a law taking the cross and the land on which it sits by eminent domain and giving it to the U.S. Department of Defense."
"The central fact of the case is I lost to a cross,” said David Blair-Loy. "Because I wasn't good enough...Bawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww."
Cheer up David, I'll bet your great-grand-children will enjoy it.
LiMandri is a jerk.
Who will defend us normal Bay Area/SF folks from ad hominem attacks on FR?
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