Posted on 01/07/2011 5:50:23 AM PST by tcg
The United States 9th Circuit Court of Appeals filed its long awaited opinion in what has been popularly called the "Mount Soledad Cross Case". In effect, they held that because the Cross is a Christian Symbol it must be removed from a war memorial.
I know that some who read my assessment will take exception. However, I will not "nuance" the anti-Christian bigotry revealed in the opinion of these three unelected black robed Federal Judges. They held that the Mount Soledad cross, which has stood on Mount Soledad since 1913, has somehow now become a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution simply because they say it has.
...Federal Judges now make up their own rules by which they decide whether a religious symbol, especially a Christian religious symbol, will be allowed to stand on public land or in a public building. There is not even a pretense that the actual words of the Establishment Clause have any effect in this new world of the judicial oligarchy. The 224 page opinion rendered by the 9th Circuit in the Mt Soledad case is one more example of why it is absolutely essential that we reclaim the "Separation of Powers" doctrine and rein in Federal Judges and Courts.
...The Establishment Clause is best understood as an "anti-establishment" clause. It was intended to prohibit the "establishment" of one particular religion - in the sense of a Federal or State sponsored Church which mandated adherence from unwilling citizens. The American founders fled coercive approaches to religion which compelled adherence to a particular sect. Yet, they were not anti-religious.
They were assuredly not against religious symbols or religious expression. Our history is filled with them. Or, more accurately, it once was....
(Excerpt) Read more at catholic.org ...
Ninth Circus.... Puke.
Just make it a crescent moon with allah ackbar on it.
Suddenly the 9th will love it, and there will no longer be a ‘separation’ issue.
Another decision to eventually wind up in the “overturned” bin.
I’m just wondering at what point Veterans cemetaries will be ordered to remove the crosses or stars of David type headstones.
US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals = Domestic Terrorists
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18
The “enemy within” is as big a threat as any outside threat to the survival of this country as we know it as. God help us.
The rulings and behavior of the Ninth Circuit are unconstitutional.
There will come a day when all these Christ-deniers will have to explain themselves face-to-face with the Living God.
I grew up in the shadow of Mt. Soledad, I could see the cross out my bedroom window. It was a comforting childhood memory. The beautiful sunsets, gold and red hues lighting the cross from behind, just lovely.
All these insane battles over it the past 10 or more years have render me speechless and heartbroken.
Why?
The 9th Circus once again tramples the First Amendment to attack the religious freedoms of Americans. JMO.
Our new congress should immediately begin IMPEACHMENT proceedings for Bad Behavior against All 3 of these Morons. On a side note, yesterday there was a lot of talk on various news shows with regards to the 14th amendment,specifically the phrase “and subject to the jurisdiction of” Not one Adult could determine the sentence structure that requires that phrase to be operative against persons born to foreigners, they all said it was confusing?? I say let any 3rd grade english student tell us what it means and leave it at that.
Why do they always ignore the “nor interfere with the free exercise thereof” part?
They should put up another cross next to the existing one, and keep adding new ones every time the ACLU threatens a lawsuit.
Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
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The Ninth Circuit Court is Un Constitutional and a symbol or communism and must be removed.
The 9th circus clowns have no problem cashing their paychecks in exchange for green paper with “In God We Trust” printed.
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