The high court on Wednesday heard over an hour of arguments in the case about the World War I memorial sometimes referred to as the 'Peace Cross.'
The high court on Wednesday heard over an hour of arguments in the case about the World War I memorial sometimes referred to as the "Peace Cross."
The high court on Wednesday heard over an hour of arguments in the case about the World War I memorial sometimes referred to as the"Peace Cross." The justices seemed inclined to find that the age of the monument and the cross' special connection to World War I as a symbol associated with war dead made it acceptable.Some of the liberal justices suggested in their questioning of lawyers defending the cross that they could join a narrow ruling upholding its display, even though they talked about the cross as a major symbol of Christianity.
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