Mt. Soledad cross ordered to be taken down

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http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Mt...96651.html


I know this is a necropost, but I figured the existing thread could give better context than I could in one post. Hoping mods don't disagree too strongly.

After 25 years of lawsuits and court rulings about the cross on Mount Soledad, there is a proposed solution in front of Congress.
The giant cross stands on government-owned land overlooking Mission Bay and La Jolla and has been at the center of a legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
Court Won't Hear Case on Mount Soledad Cross
Now, Congress is close to passing a defense bill that would include a transfer of the property from the federal government over to the Mount Soledad Memorial Association. If approved, it would eliminate the concern by opponents that a cross on public property violates the constitutional separation of church and state.

Source: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Mt...z3LLKPiYe2
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Transfering public property to private hands for the expressed purpose of allowing a religious symbol to be set up in former public property is even worse.