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2006-07-04 Home Front: Culture Wars

High court intervenes in fight over Calif. cross

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Posted by Steve White 2006-07-04 02:06|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If the cross is a violation, then so is the city's name. And Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and probably 10% of the place names in the country. If the cross falls, buy stock in Rand-McNally.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-07-04 07:02|| 2006-07-04 07:02|| Front Page Top

#2 No the City names predate the United States, they should be Grandfathered and safe.
The whole article says that the Supremes are interveining to save, not destroy the cross, built in 1913.

This whole thing is an Athiest stirring up trouble, he needs to be jailed for "Public Nuisance" and fined double the costs of his meddling.
That should send a clear message to other meddlers loose out there, Cindy Shehan, for example.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-07-04 08:30|| 2006-07-04 08:30|| Front Page Top

#3 I always feel sorry for atheists at their funerals. There they are, all dressed up and nowhere to go. If he's got that much time and money to waste why waste it. Do something constructive, not destructive.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2006-07-04 09:15|| 2006-07-04 09:15|| Front Page Top

#4 There they are, all dressed up and nowhere to go lol!

Posted by 2b 2006-07-04 09:32|| 2006-07-04 09:32|| Front Page Top

#5 the City has voted twice to transfer the land the cross site on -- first to the war memorial association and last year to the Dept of Defense (Duncan Hunter's bill). Judge Patricia Yim Cowat arbitrarily ruled the week before the election that a 2/3 majority had to rule in favor to transfer the land. 76% did. She then ruled the vote unconstitutional and Gordon Thompson, the judge who's ruling was stayed yesterday, gave the new deadline., without addressing the efforts to transfer the property (he first ruled in '91, and will NOT look at new facts, evidence). Judicial railroading is what's been happening here. Cowat should be run outta town on a rail. Thompson's almost retired, just trying to do one last bit of damage. Kennedy did a good and smart thing here, but it doesn't make up for his other crap. BTW it's at least the second cross on the same site, replacing he worn-down wooden one in '53, IIRC

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-07-04 09:48|| 2006-07-04 09:48|| Front Page Top

#6 These guys are going to ultimately run into the silver tongue of John Roberts and get a clue that there's a new CJ in town.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-04 10:01|| 2006-07-04 10:01|| Front Page Top

#7 #4: There they are, all dressed up and nowhere to go

Ummm, well actually they're not the ones who "Dressed them Up" it's the believers who're foolish enough to do so, they're pandering to their own beliefs and not the dead guy's.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-07-04 11:40|| 2006-07-04 11:40|| Front Page Top

#8 The ACLU thinks that freedom of religion means freedom from Christianity.

Posted by RWV 2006-07-04 12:36|| 2006-07-04 12:36|| Front Page Top

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