Posted on 02/21/2020 6:24:17 AM PST by Olog-hai
A 78-year-old cross on public property in Florida targeted by atheist groups will remain standing after a victory in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The court ruled Wednesday that the Bayview Cross in Pensacola, which was built ahead of World War II as a place for the community to gather, does not violate the Constitution. […]
The federal appeals court ruled the cross is constitutional, noting it has become “embedded in the fabric of the Pensacola community” and that removing it could “strike many as aggressively hostile to religion.”
Four individuals, represented by the American Humanist Association and the Freedom From Religion Foundation, sued the city in 2016, demanding the cross be torn down.
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson celebrated the ruling. …
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These sort of rulings will be President Trump’s Legacy for decades to come! Amen
Thank you, President Trump and Mitch McConnell, for the federal hedges who are now in place.
I second your use of the word ‘hedges.’
;)
I’ve never understood the hostility of atheists to religion.
If they truly believed religious people were just silly idiots, they’d ignore us.
This in a long-overdue public expression of the “... or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” part.
“ I’ve never understood the hostility of atheists to religion.”
Deep down inside they know they are wrong. They have to shout so their screaming voice drowns out the soft quiet voice inside. It would be more correct to call them anti-theists. True unbelievers are more agnostic, I think.
Exactly!
Florida is odd. Old Florida is the most conservative place in the country.
New Florida among the most liberal.
Freedom From Religion Foundation? How can there be freedom from religion for humans, when God gave all humans their souls? Animals have freedom from religion, but not humans.
We wondered about that during our last trip down there. We took an airboat ride with an old guy who seemed just as red-neck as us, had a great time. Felt kind of lost in the big cities and theme parks. Is there a dividing line?
Everything South of Orlando according to one NW Florida congressman,is not fit to live in.
It’s only fair, nothing stands on all the other public land around there, and nothing is what they believe in.
Excellent!
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