Ninth Circuit Decides: The Mt. Soledad Cross Will Come Down, "Memorial Would Be Desecrated"

Thomas Moore Law Center ^ | June 22, 2006 | TMLC

[RDTF]

ANN ARBOR, MI – A three–judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to stay Federal District Judge Gordon Thompson’s order to remove the Mt. Soledad Cross pending an appeal. Thus, the City of San Diego must remove the Cross by August 1, 2006, or face fines of $5,000 per day thereafter. In its decision, however, the Ninth Circuit scheduled oral arguments on the matter for the week of October 16, 2006, weeks after the Cross is to be removed. The 43- foot Cross was erected in 1954 and currently is the centerpiece of a national memorial honoring American veterans of all wars. The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has been fighting to save the Cross since 2004 when it received information that the private memorial association operating the memorial site and the City were about to agree to settle the case, which had been on going for 15 years, by removing the Cross.

[Argus]

Someone really, really, wants that cross removed.

Could it be....

SATAN??!!!

[weegee]

I thought ghouls dug up corpses.

[YOUGOTIT]

"They should sell the mountain to a private organization."

They tried that and were stopped by the black robed tyrants of the anti-American left.

[BwanaNdege]

BINGO!

[caseinpoint]

Good to hear that. I imagine the next step for these irreligist fascists would be to ban religious headstones in government-owned cemeteries: can't offend people with religious symbols, can we? Censor Arlington, censor Normandy, and censor the local cemeteries where your folks are buried. Mustn't make people feel bad.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

All those crosses at Arlington Cemetery...

[daviscupper]

No, that is barbaric. They should be crucified on the cross. ;-)

Of course, I mean effigies of the Ninth court justices. This would be fitting.

[YOUGOTIT]

"I am beginning to think liberals are vampires."

Not really they are the offspring of Hitler and Stalin.

[MeanWestTexan]

For the same reason, robbers rob banks --- that's where the bodies are.

[M. Thatcher]

Take it to the Supremes.

I believe the Supreme Court already (in 2003) denied review. As far as I know, all legal remedies have been exhausted, other than the Hail-Mary-pass "eminent domain" strategy the Thomas Moore people are suggesting here.

[NYer]

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[Vn_survivor_67-68]

double whammy to the favor of the freaks.....denigrating Christianity and our War Dead/Veterans

[rface]

I am glad they ruled this way.....just as long as the cross stays put until it makes it to the US Supreme court

[NYer]

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[cdbull23]

Don't forget Los Angeles. We all know angels don't exist...

P.S. Nice to know there's another Freeper in the Bay Area. Cheers!

[brazzaville]

Good afternoon.

The City of San Diego needs to tell the 9th Circus Court that the City is in a state of noncompliance and, in a civil manner, tell the court where they can place their decision.

They need to take this to the people and push it to the limit. Civil disobedience is an American tradition and the City, with the backing of the people, needs to engage in it. I wonder how far the Government is willing to go to enforce this ruling. It's looking more and more like we need to find out.

Michael Frazier

[edzo4]

just tell them it is a giant symbol celebrating homosexuality then they will never tear it down...

[massgopguy]

So the Ninth Circuit discriminated based on Religion?

[cdga5for4]

Agreed. A huge human wall protecting the cross. That would make a huge statement.

[Republican Wildcat]

Appeal to the Supreme Court.