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Mt. Soledad cross ordered to be taken down
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Mt. Soledad cross ordered to be taken down
Mods/admins, I wasn't too clear on where to put this. Seems it affects people of any religion, really. So, please move this if it's better elsewhere!

http://news.yahoo.com/u-judge-orders-lan...49685.html

"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A massive cross that serves as part of a war memorial on a San Diego hilltop must be dismantled because it has been found to violate a constitutional ban on government endorsement of religion, a federal judge grudgingly ruled on Thursday.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Larry Burns marks the latest development in a long-running legal battle over the 43-foot-tall cross, a local landmark that has stood on top of Mount Soledad since 1954 and is visible for miles."

Click link for more.

I used to take a route to my primary school that passed this every day. It never really bothered me, but I've never paid heed to the arguments for and against.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
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RE: Mt. Soledad cross ordered to be taken down
More whining to come from the poor xtians about how fucking persecuted they are because they can't sprinkle their bullshit all over the landscape.
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RE: Mt. Soledad cross ordered to be taken down
Why don't they just use C4?
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RE: Mt. Soledad cross ordered to be taken down
Say goodbye to "free exercise". Maybe next activists can ban free speech.
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RE: Mt. Soledad cross ordered to be taken down
People have free exercise of religion. The government doesn't. That means people can't use the government to exercise their religion. This isn't rocket science. And secularism isn't incompatible with Christianity. Most secularists in the USA ARE Christians.
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RE: Mt. Soledad cross ordered to be taken down
The whole country and constitution should fall along with that cross!

...as indeed it is! But of course, no one sees the correlation.
Quis ut Deus?
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RE: Mt. Soledad cross ordered to be taken down
(December 13, 2013 at 12:30 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Say goodbye to "free exercise". Maybe next activists can ban free speech.

Aw man, I'm sorry. It sucks that the protections of the First Amendment don't only apply to your religion anymore!
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RE: Mt. Soledad cross ordered to be taken down
(December 13, 2013 at 12:30 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Say goodbye to "free exercise". Maybe next activists can ban free speech.

Keep your jesus shit on private property and you won't have a problem. That shouldn't be too hard a concept even for you.
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RE: Mt. Soledad cross ordered to be taken down
(December 13, 2013 at 12:58 pm)Minimalist Wrote:
(December 13, 2013 at 12:30 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Say goodbye to "free exercise". Maybe next activists can ban free speech.

Keep your jesus shit on private property and you won't have a problem. That shouldn't be too hard a concept even for you.

Why?

Is private property now exempt from your agenda of eradicating Jesus?
Quis ut Deus?
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RE: Mt. Soledad cross ordered to be taken down
Always, shithead. If you had half a brain you'd know that but....you're still a catholic and that explains a lot.

How are priests making out fucking the altar boys, btw? Still think that they are doing "god's work?"
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