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Roadside crosses for fallen Utah police unconstitutional, court rules
Daily Caller ^ | 08/19/10 | Warren Richey

Posted on 08/19/2010 12:37:23 AM PDT by American Dream 246

A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that roadside crosses erected to memorialize fallen Utah Highway Patrol officers violate the First Amendment’s prohibition of government endorsement of religion.




The Denver-based 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that the 12-foot-high crosses bearing the name and badge number of deceased officers sent an unconstitutional religious message to motorists on the state’s highways.

“We hold that these memorials have the impermissible effect of conveying to the reasonable observer the message that the state prefers or otherwise endorses a certain religion. They therefore violate the establishment clause of the federal constitution,” the appeals court said in a 35-page decision.

Full story: Roadside crosses for fallen Utah police unconstitutional, court rules – CSMonitor.com

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/18/roadside-crosses-for-fallen-utah-police-unconstitutional-court-rules/#ixzz0x2DKEewL


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1 posted on 08/19/2010 12:37:25 AM PDT by American Dream 246
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To: American Dream 246

Oh well...let’s build them a mosque. I am sure that will not create any problem Crosses..? What an insult to islam. They should have thought about that, indeed.


2 posted on 08/19/2010 12:39:08 AM PDT by American Dream 246 (Open your eyes. Freedom is not a one day fight. Enemies of Freedom are legion.)
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To: American Dream 246

Religion is bad, unless it’s islam.


3 posted on 08/19/2010 12:42:05 AM PDT by Pylon (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post):)
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To: American Dream 246

I wonder if the symbol put on the roadside was based on the religion of the deceased officer?


4 posted on 08/19/2010 12:47:06 AM PDT by JLS (Democrats: People who won't even let you enjoy an unseasonably warm winter day.)
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To: American Dream 246

I wonder if the symbol put on the roadside was based on the religion of the deceased officer?


5 posted on 08/19/2010 12:47:06 AM PDT by JLS (Democrats: People who won't even let you enjoy an unseasonably warm winter day.)
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To: American Dream 246

I’ll be waiting to hear obama call the court out on this. Like I said, I’ll be waiting....zzzzzzz.....waiting....zzzz.


6 posted on 08/19/2010 12:47:07 AM PDT by taxesareforever (Release Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich and let him and his family get on with their lives.)
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To: American Dream 246

....can I put a Muslim Crescent?


7 posted on 08/19/2010 12:48:21 AM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: American Dream 246
If we jailed 100% of the Federal judges we would be doing the right thing 95% of the time. I really am starting to like those odds.
8 posted on 08/19/2010 12:51:56 AM PDT by The Cajun (Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
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To: American Dream 246

...but lying about your Military service is ok. Got it.


9 posted on 08/19/2010 12:54:15 AM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: American Dream 246

The liberal war against Christianity increases pace ...


10 posted on 08/19/2010 12:55:32 AM PDT by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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To: American Dream 246

Didn’t a Denver judge rule that it’s fine to lie about military medals earned?


11 posted on 08/19/2010 12:58:37 AM PDT by Carley (For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: DontTreadOnMe2009

And it’s not going to stop, so please remember that, and be prepared for it. It will ONLY get worse, they start beheading the faithful for not taking the mark.


12 posted on 08/19/2010 12:59:36 AM PDT by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: JLS

“I wonder if the symbol put on the roadside was based on the religion of the deceased officer?”

Given the area, highly unlikely. However, crosses have been used as grave markers for a long, long time.


13 posted on 08/19/2010 1:00:32 AM PDT by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: American Dream 246
Another deliberate distortion by the Commies. The first sentence " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion". This only pertains to the establishment of a national church. Excluding that fact, Congress did not create a law requiring the crosses be placed along any roads when a police officer is killed.
14 posted on 08/19/2010 1:01:27 AM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: taxesareforever; Pylon

The Fed Gov will appease anyone who is not a Chrsitian (and Jews), because Christians (and to an extent Jews, when they’re not being murdered) are tolerant, whereas most other religions in this debate demand subjection to them. It’s like the playground bully, and people are getting really sick of it.


15 posted on 08/19/2010 1:02:52 AM PDT by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: JDW11235

“Chrsitian”= Christian


16 posted on 08/19/2010 1:03:19 AM PDT by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: American Dream 246

It’s not the federal government putting them up.


17 posted on 08/19/2010 1:09:28 AM PDT by abigailsmybaby ( I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did. Yogi Berra)
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To: abigailsmybaby

“It’s not the federal government putting them up.”

Bingo, which brings up a bigger issue. The Federal Government should own NO land. All states should reclaim their Federally seized land. In addition, this should be determined by the states. The original judge (if I read correctly) threw the case out. The appeals court ruled against, in an attempt, I belive, to bring it back up to the Supremes who have already decided issed, like the Ten Commandments, etc.

It’s political warriors trying to start a religion war with the simultaneous race war their fomenting, to keep us divided. That’s the only strategy that keeps working. I pray it’ll stop, and soon, and we’ll get rid of the political class by being governed by the people, for the people, not just taking from the people, to advance the position of a few hundred/thousand people. Enough of this dictating to/ruling of the citizenry already.


18 posted on 08/19/2010 1:16:18 AM PDT by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: American Dream 246

The irresponsibility of the 14th amendment strikes again!


19 posted on 08/19/2010 1:27:26 AM PDT by Monorprise
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To: JDW11235

“The Federal Government should own NO land. All states should reclaim their Federally seized land. In addition, this should be determined by the states.”

Agreed Letting the Federal Government Own land is the source of a lot of our problems. The Feds should sell all the land in their ownership, and uses the money to help pay down the debt.
Might as well kill 2 birds with 1 stone even thou one of them birds is really really huge, and I’m not talking about the debt. The federal Government owning land has causes a lot of really huge problems for us.


20 posted on 08/19/2010 1:30:39 AM PDT by Monorprise
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