Score one for religious freedom :)
The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a federal court overstepped its boundaries in ordering the removal of a long-standing memorial cross in California's Mojave Desert.
A white, seven-foot cross, which was erected as a memorial by the Veterans of Foreign Wars over 75 years ago in the Mojave National Preserve, will be allowed to stay.
Before today's ruling, the cross was covered with a plywood box in accordance with a lower court’s order. A district court initially ruled that the cross had to be removed from the land.
Congress then enacted legislation ordering the Department of the Interior to transfer an acre of land which included the cross to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. A former National Park Service employee, Frank Buono, sued to have the cross removed or covered after the agency refused to allow the erection of a Buddhist memorial nearby.
Supreme Court justices told the federal judges on Wednesday that they did not take sufficient notice of the government's decision to transfer the land to private ownership, and that they went too far in ordering the removal of a congressionally endorsed war memorial.
3 comments:
What a joy. I've followed this story for a few years. I heard this morning that, of course, the opposition will appeal and keep on fighting. It is a sad thing that when you hate there just is no vision for doing good in the world.
This cross makes a clear government statement. It proclaims to all who see it, "Christians are on top here, and everyone else is inferior and should just shut up and do as well tell them."
Good point. This IS a Christian nation. :)
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