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Mojave Desert Cross War Memorial Will Stand
ACLJ ^ | 4/25/2012 | Matthew Clark

Posted on 04/25/2012 4:51:10 PM PDT by blueyon

A cross that was first erected nearly 80 years ago by the Veterans of Foreign Wars in honor of the heroes of World War I will finally be allowed to stand.

More than a decade after the ACLU originally sued to have the cross memorial removed from public land, a case which ended up at the Supreme Court, a federal judge has approved a settlement of the case allowing the cross to remain.

The ACLJ has been fighting to allow this cross to stand for years - an important war memorial in honor of those who have heroically served in our armed forces.

We filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court on behalf of 15 Members of Congress defending the cross. In 2010, the Supreme Court reversed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that ordered the removal of the cross and remanded the case to the trial court for further consideration.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aclu; california; cross; memorial; mojave; obama; prayer; righttoassemble; scotus; supremecourt; veterans; wwi
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To: dsrtsage
Goes way beyond that. They gave away Federal land to be used for churches. AND THE EARLY CONRGRESS CIRCA 1830 HAD BIBLES PRINTED & PAID FOR by the USA....from an old official book.

This separation is very clear. ..."NO ESTABLISHED RELIGION".

"the wall was a created analogy" and throws everything up for grabs.

the wall IS NOT WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS NOR CAN IT EVEN BE INTERPRETED IN SUCH A MANNER.

21 posted on 04/26/2012 4:12:40 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: ResearchMonkey

Very well done by the girls and you! Well done beautiful and tasteful. The girls walking in our great outdoors to the Mohave Cross location and reading about America not sitting in front of a computer


22 posted on 04/26/2012 8:58:28 AM PDT by dennisw
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To: Gay State Conservative
No reason that a Cross *and* a Star of David shouldn’t be there.


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