Several of the justices pointed to the fact that the cross in question has stood for nearly a hundred years in a Maryland suburb, in a park close to other war memorials.Supreme Court to decide fate of WWI memorial cross in church and state disputeJustice Elena Kagan noted that after World War I, crosses"became, in people's minds, the preeminent symbol of how to memorialize World War I dead.
They lost when a district court upheld the cross. But in 2017, a panel of judges on the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to reverse the decision, saying that the government had"excessively entangled itself with religion."In court, Monica L. Miller, a lawyer for the American Humanist Society representing the men, argued the memorial should either be moved to private property or modified.
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It is ridiculous that the AHA associates the cross with the same meaning as Confederate war memorials and statues.
How horrible it must be for these left dems to run around looking for things to be pissed off at.
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Better this than the border wall.
Awesome!!!
Who filed the suit? May be the cross offends some people?
See that word “of”? It doesn’t say “from”. There’s a difference. Words matter
That is good news. Poor liberal nut jobs that are against this
Time we attack these atheists as they have done to us. When your belief system is forced on others then it is criminal. How this cross forces these losers to anything but driving by is the real question. The majority not minority must rule if a Republic to stand.
PRAISE GOD,SANITY
We had to even debate it? So dumb. 5700 died for everyday of that war.
Thank GOD
No it represents the vast majority of religious belief in this country during WWI. If we were primarily Jewish? It would be a 6 pointed star. we need 2 stop fighting windmills & focus on things that matter!
But this is NOT ok? Hmmmm....
Too much evil in this world including the FakeNews EnemyOfTheState SheepNoMore WWG1WGA
You people need a life, wtf do these idiots do all day, it's really sad that people can't respect a monument dedicated to our military, should have known east coast, seems like the west coast and east coast have an abundance of butthurt liberals offended by their own shadow s
The Establishment Clause pertains to CONGRESS. duh ReadABook FakeNews
This is more of a war memorial and almost 100 yrs old. Surely you can look beyond religion on this one.
It’s like the 25th of December.. Both sides call it Christmas, but one celebes the birth of a baby and the other the gifts brought by a guy in a sleigh...
Finally somebody is not crazy
The people that whine and cry about stuff like this need to get a life.
We will see if they same applies to other religious symbols.
Yeah
It absolutely completely does. Unless you want to build a 40 foot Star of David next to it, along with every other religious symbol held by WWI soldiers.
CNN hates memorials to the dead, and is a cold evil corp.
Cool beans
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God will prevail! Bye, bye atheists and devil worshippers!!!
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
No shit! Brilliant discussion. Should we remove crosses at all military cemeteries? Soooo stupid!!
I'm offended by the Fact that it only honors Christians from World War I NOT that its a cross on public land.
Great fk the atheist
What's next? Lets give the person in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier a gender? Damn this shit is getting old.
God dammit
It's laying claim to a particular Religion on state property, which is DEFINITIVELY a violation of separation of Church & State.
HOW does this not violate church and state? a cross is not the only symbol of respect for the dead, I'm sure not all those soldiers lost were christian/catholic, as the family of a jewish/muslim/buddhist/whatever fallen solder I would not be happy with this.
This is good news!
Miracle Alert...Some good old common sense...from the Twats at CNN😁
Yeah
If that cross goes down, our country goes with it.
As long as the goal is to honor (not proselytize) and statues involving other religions are permitted, can't see the harm. It's part of the diversity of mankind.
I hope their suggestion bears out to be their decision in June and this cross and others like it remain undisturbed. People need to stop trying to tear down history or make the majority bow to their desires. Leave it be.
Cross is so overrated
It’s hilarious to watch a bunch of Christians claim that a Christian cross built to honor Christians is not Christian.
Great! Because Arlington cemetery has many that may offend people! never-forget KIA respect honor
Well, it's not like it's a 50-foot cross. That might be a problem. (Sarcasm intended.)
It does
Great! Common sense rules the day!
Because it doesn't
Well seeing as probably 95+% of the soldiers were Christians I don’t see the problem
Cohen's Two Points: 1. He has no evidence that Trump or his campaign colluded with Russia, 2. He was never instructed to lie to congress by Trump.
Why a cross though? Undoubtedly some of those soldiers weren't Christian nor believers in any god. How does a cross honor them? It's clearly overtly religious.
I think us liberals need a vacation
Unreal. This world is Fup
... and CNN is very sad about it. Sorry ...
Yes!!!!!
What would people with different religion, like the Jews, who also serve in WW1, feel about this?
God forbid a country built upon the foundation of separating religion and government should recognize that a towering religious symbol on government-owned land violates that foundation. But whatever, I guess.
Yes it does.
It may not but what it is doing is dishonoring people of different religions than Christianity who also died from this country.
I’m as atheist as the day is long, and even I don’t care about this one.
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Dear ChurchofSatan, please build something at the same time since fair is fair.
Good grief, why are crosses still a thing? Haven’t we smartened up from religion yet News flash to the “faith over facts” crowd, that little voice in your head is not god, it’s you!
Why is this even news? It can be looked at as just an honor for WW1 vets, not a cross. What’s the biggest issue of something right now that violates Church & state?
A war memorial isnt the same as a random religious symbol. I can't be mad about this one.
The cross is a pagan symbol. So, you're good to go . . .
Everyone’s a god damn snow flake.
That's silly, why would it violate church and state?
Strange considering it obviously does I now demand a satanist memorial for WW1 soldiers
Imagine being offended by a giant rock. Can’t relate
Boo
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