SFGATE.com - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: "ACLU OPPOSITION, VANDALS THREATEN CROSS IN MOJAVE DESERT" by Richard Lake, Las Vegas Review-Journal (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Foes of the cross -- first vandals, and then the American Civil Liberties Union -- have for years been trying to remove the two welded pieces of steel from Sunrise Rock. A judge recently ordered the cross removed, after the ACLU sued the federal government, contending that because the cross is on federal land, it violates the constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state. But the fight isn't over.") (122402)
SLTRIB.com - SALT LAKE TRIBUNE: "ACLU MAY SUE IF SLC GIVES UP PLAZA EASEMENNT" by Heather May (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "To bolster his establishment-clause claim, Lopez cites a San Diego case. That Southern California city had placed a 43-foot-tall, 24-ton cross in a city-owned public park. In 1991, the city was sued based on the establishment clause and lost. It then tried to sell the land under the cross to a private group. The 9th Circuit Court ruled last month against the city, saying the city had designed the transaction to preserve the cross.") (122402)
NEWS24.com: London. "BRITISH RED CROSS BANS CHRISTMAS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: (""It seems we can't have anything that means Christmas. We're allowed to have some tinsel but that's it...we were told it is because we must not upset Muslims,"Banks added. Confirming the ban at the charity's 430 shops, a spokesperson for the British Red Cross told the paper: "The Red Cross is a neutral organisation and we don't want to be aligned with any political party or particular philosophy. "We don't want to be seen as a Christian or Islamic or Jewish organisation because that might compromise our ability to work in conflict situations around the world."") (122102)
Atta-Girl!
All I can say is - WOW!