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Federal appeals court finds California memorial cross unconstitutional
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Thu Jan 6, 2011 The Jurist A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled unanimously Tuesday that California's Mount Soledad cross, a 43-foot cross erected as a Korean War veterans' memorial, is unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Justice M. Margaret McKeown declared, "[t]he use of such a distinctively Christian symbol to honor all veterans sends a strong message of endorsement and exclusion. Read More: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/ |
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