‘CROSS CAN STAND’: Supreme Court Rules Religious Statue ‘Can Remain’ on Public Land

Originally published at: ‘CROSS CAN STAND’: Supreme Court Rules Religious Statue ‘Can Remain’ on Public Land | Sean Hannity

The Supreme Court decided Thursday that a ‘Peace Cross’ war memorial outside Washington, DC could “remain on public land,” saying the structure does not violate the Constitutional separation of Church and State.

“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,” reports Fox News.

“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,” adds Fox.

“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.

“It has become a prominent community landmark, and its removal or radical alteration at this date would be seen by many not as a neutral act but as the manifestation of ‘a hostility toward religion that has no place in our Establishment Clause traditions,’” he continued.

The cross was erected to honor the community’s 49 soldiers who died during the First World War.

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