Let’s wrap this Freepathon up, Folks!
Posted on 02/27/2019 12:38:56 PM PST by jazusamo
A majority of Supreme Court justices offered tepid support Wednesday for letting a Maryland war memorial in the shape of Christian cross remain on government land, in a landmark First Amendment case with implications for religious symbols on public property across the country.
In a spirited 70 minutes of oral arguments, most justices appeared to accept the narrow, limited view that the monument was historically significant and its Latin cross design reflected the nationwide trend at the time it was erected to honor war dead with community memorials.
"What message does that send when people see that on TV, they see crosses all over the country being knocked down?" Justice Samuel Alito asked.
The justices seemed to default to their previous approach of resolving such Establishment Clause appeals on a case-by-case basis, signaling they may avoid a broad ruling that would provide clear markers for similar legal disputes in the future.
The case is one of the most closely watched this term. Newest Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked tough questions of both sides, but gave no indication of how he would vote.
The Bladensburg Peace Cross, as it is known, sits in a traffic circle in the Washington suburbs, where it has stood for nearly a century to honor 49 local World War I soldiers who died in battle overseas.
Its supporters, including the Trump administration, say the 40-foot monument was created solely to honor those heroes and is secular in nature. Opponents call it an impermissible overlap of church and state, since it is controlled and cared for by a Maryland parks commission.
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A ruling is expected by late June.
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“a Maryland war memorial in the shape of Christian cross”
As opposed to the non-Christian kind.
Excellent!
I’m so sick of this ‘stuff’.
Yep, the whining about memorials is really getting old.
Just what I was going to say.
If the cross comes down I want every telephone pole in America torn down and rebuilt.
It’s freedom of religion not freedom from religion. How did these fools try to make the case they were harmed by a cross that has been there for decades.
“Yep, the whining about memorials is really getting old.”
I agree, it’s almost like both sides are doing this to distract us...while they continue to flood the country with Third World ‘immigrants’.
There are a multitude of other cross symbols. The author is probably aware of those and wants to be crystal clear without having to horrify millions of unAmerican Americans.
Wait for it. One day, anything on taxable land is government land, and anything visible to the public is on public land. Only a matter of time.
I heard that all of the war dead being honored were Christian. As this is a World War I memorial, that is not surprising.
I heard some idiot on TV saying that this Christian cross is not honoring Jewish or Buddhist or Muslim war dead.
Since it is honoring the specific war dead from that one town, a town which had no Muslims at the time, this idiot just proves his own ignorance.
How many Muslim war dead did this country have from World War I????? Any?????
Let’s wrap this Freepathon up, Folks!
What does Roberts think?
I’m taking for granted that Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Breyer would be of the opinion that we need to tear down the cross. It could all come down to Roberts’ vote.
“What message does that send when people see that on TV, they see crosses all over the country being knocked down?”
That right there is the money quote. These guys aren’t stupid.
Democrats, aka the American Taliban. They destroy all monuments in the hopes of erasing history and pride and patriotism. These people are despicable
You’re dead on the mark, FRiend!
Agreed...
Yep, you guys are right on target there.
And the lower case t banned from the alphabet.
Roberts no doubt feels that the cross is a tax.
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