the aclu seems kinda like a self funded acorn
Posted on 10/07/2009 1:53:57 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
Deep in the heart of the Mojave National Preserve in California stands a five foot cross carefully disguised in a plywood box.
The U.S. Park Service was forced to cover the cross until the Supreme Court decides whether the cross can remain in its place as a monument to fallen soldiers during World War I, or whether it must come down because its presence violates the Constitution.
The case is the latest in a recent flurry of challenges to religious symbols placed on public property.
The cross was constructed more than 70 years ago by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
...Frank Buono, a retired National Park Service employee, expressed his dismay that the government was showing favoritism of one religious symbol over another.
...In 2003 Congress found a novel way to deal with the situation: it passed legislation to transfer the land to private ownership.
...Lawyers for Buono say that the proposed transfer is merely a sham and an ineffective way to try to get around the constitutional violation. They argue that although the land might be transferred to private hands -- owned by the Veterans of Foreign Wars -- the government still has too close a relationship to the cross. The cross would still be designated as a national memorial and the government will maintain oversight of the property.
...Before even reaching the question of whether Congress acted appropriately, the Supreme Court will first have to decide whether Buono has the right -- or the legal "standing" -- to bring the case against the government.
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Maybe we can claim it isn’t a cross-cross.
You gave me a smile. Just look at how complicated and convoluted this “case” has become. For 60 years, the cross was on display and no one complained until this Buono guy came along. And, oh yeah, he happens to be ACLU. For them, it’s two-fer: nail the Christians and the military. We are no longer a “free country” when we have so-called cases like this going to the Supreme Court.
Buona was put in place for the specific purpose of attacking the cross.
Hence my use of the term "religious expression".
Which makes the Free-exercise clause one of the most ignored parts of the Constitution.
Perfectly said.
Yes, the Left has determined the playing field. We can only dance around the edges of this settled, unconstitutional law.
Exactly. How long will we endure this government oppression? This crap won’t stop until they go to remove it, and are met with too many citizens, too well armed, to deal with without embarrassment.
Dig in a perimeter around that hill and hang a flag. “Come and take it”.
Deep in the heart of the Mojave National Preserve in California stands a five foot cross carefully disguised in a plywood box. The U.S. Park Service was forced to cover the cross until the Supreme Court decides whether the cross can remain in its place as a monument to fallen soldiers during World War I, or whether it must come down because its presence violates the Constitution.
>> Yet he claims he must travel to the area 3-4 times per year and somehow try to avoid viewing the cross.
And yet this POS has managed to force the rest of the Country to suffer and pay for his selfish indignation.
The fact that there was an injunction against the land swap that would have put this historical monument on private land, shows this to be pure harassment.
Got a better idea ... What Would Patton Do?
"May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.”
the aclu seems kinda like a self funded acorn
This case and others like it are just surreal.
This just cannot be my country anymore.
Damn all lawyers, especially the ACLU.
When, how, where......do we stand up and reject this? When how and where can we make a stand against what’s happening in every niche of life? My God, this country is dying.
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Can you point out where Jesus said anything at all about the cross?
The cross, which today is a ubiquitous symbol of Christianity did not come into use among Christians until the second century...
The Constitutional position is that each American decides for themselves, and Congress stays out of it.
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