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Supreme Court rules Peace Cross war memorial can stand
« on: June 20, 2019, 02:52:06 pm »
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The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Peace Cross war memorial on public land outside Washington, D.C., can stand, determining in a 7-2 decision that it does not violate the Constitution.

Residents of Prince George’s County, Maryland and the American Humanist Association had sued to have the cross taken down, but the court determined that factors including the history of the memorial support the notion that it is not religious in nature.

“For nearly a century, the Bladensburg Cross has expressed the community’s grief at the loss of the young men who perished, its thanks for their sacrifice, and its dedication to the ideals for which they fought,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the court’s opinion. ...

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-says-peace-cross-war-memorial-can-stay
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Re: Supreme Court rules Peace Cross war memorial can stand
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2019, 02:57:37 pm »
GREAT news!  And of much more significance than many will surmise.
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Re: Supreme Court rules Peace Cross war memorial can stand
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2019, 02:57:55 pm »
7-2.  That was decisive.
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Re: Supreme Court rules Peace Cross war memorial can stand
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2019, 03:11:22 pm »
This is going to chap some butts.
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Re: Supreme Court rules Peace Cross war memorial can stand
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2019, 04:04:15 pm »
This ruling will compel the left to go to their alternate plan B in such cases - vandalism.
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Re: Supreme Court rules Peace Cross war memorial can stand
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2019, 04:17:54 pm »
About time someone slaps down these malcontents determined to obliterate every symbol of history or Christianity.  Good job SCOTUS!

I do wish though that the court would have said something like "yes, the cross is a religious symbol and if you don't like it, too bad."
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Re: Supreme Court rules Peace Cross war memorial can stand
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2019, 05:38:42 pm »
I'm guessing that Ginsburg and Sotomayor are the dissenters.  Kagan and Breyer get it right from time to time.
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Re: Supreme Court rules Peace Cross war memorial can stand
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2019, 06:11:46 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on June 20, 2019, 05:38:42 pm
I'm guessing that Ginsburg and Sotomayor are the dissenters.  Kagan and Breyer get it right from time to time.

You sir are correct

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GINSBURG, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which SOTOMAYOR, J.,
joined.

From the ruling PDF

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf/17-1717_4f14.pdf
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Re: Supreme Court rules Peace Cross war memorial can stand
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2019, 06:15:09 pm »
This was nice to read and something that needs to be said more and more often to the minority malcontents that are constantly offended.

Gorsuch’s concurring opinion, noted that an “offended observer” does not have standing to sue.
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Re: Supreme Court rules Peace Cross war memorial can stand
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2019, 06:16:32 pm »
Didn't the Court rule this only applies to "old" monuments but not new ones?
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Re: Supreme Court rules Peace Cross war memorial can stand
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2019, 07:45:11 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on June 20, 2019, 06:16:32 pm
Didn't the Court rule this only applies to "old" monuments but not new ones?

Yes, quite clearly.

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... At least four considerations show that retaining established, religiously expressive monuments, symbols, and practices is quite different from erecting or adopting new ones. ...
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Re: Supreme Court rules Peace Cross war memorial can stand
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2019, 08:00:10 pm »
Quote from: thackney on June 20, 2019, 07:45:11 pm
Yes, quite clearly.

Thanks for that!  I have trouble seeing through media spin sometimes and I find the legalese of opinions a bit difficult to understand clearly enough.
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