Desert Cross Has Court in Hot Pursuit

FRCAction Update: In keeping with the absurdity that Americans have come to expect from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, a three-judge panel ruled yesterday that an eight-foot tall cross in the Mojave National Preserve must be torn down, despite a congressional land transfer that protected it. The cross was erected in honor of World War I veterans 73 years ago but has endured serious legal challenges since. After several attacks by the ACLU, Congress agreed to transfer the acre of land where the cross stands to the Veterans of Foreign Wars to end the debate over whether its existence amounted to government-sponsored religion. Thursday's decision essentially overturns that land transfer and jeopardizes other symbols, such as the Mount Soledad cross. The court's actions bear an eerie resemblance to the Taliban in 2001, when militants set out to bomb two colossal Buddhist statues that had stood untouched in Afghanistan for more than a thousand years. From Sri Lanka to Germany, the global community condemned the actions as religious barbarism. Like the statues, the Mojave and Soledad crosses are monuments to America's cultural history, a symbol of our Christian heritage and a tribute to brave Americans who laid down their lives in our nation's cause. Their memories should not be besmirched.

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