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"Latest decision: Cross can stay; Landmark more memorial than religious symbol."

"Latest decision: Cross can stay; Landmark more memorial than religious symbol." Today's edition of The San Diego Union-Tribune contains an article that begins, "The giant cross atop Mount Soledad can stay, a federal judge ruled yesterday. The La Jolla landmark has been the subject of nearly 20 years of litigation, public votes and legislative maneuvers as critics complain it's unconstitutional to have a religious symbol on public land. But yesterday, U.S. District Judge Larry Burns said the cross -- visible for miles -- has become a memorial to veterans, and its secular message outweighs any religious meaning."

You can access yesterday's ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California at this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on July 30, 2008 (boomark / email).