The American Civil Rights Union Defends the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial
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WASHINGTON, July 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) filed a friend of the court (amicus curiae) brief today in the California state appeals court in San Diego urging the court to uphold the constitutionality of the Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial, which includes a 29-foot-tall cross.
A federal statute enacted late in 2004 designated the Mt. Soledad Memorial as a federal national veterans memorial, and provided for the transfer of its ownership from the City of San Diego to the federal government. The City approved the transfer after an extended process including a public referendum in which 76 percent of voters favored the transfer and preservation of the cross. But a state Superior Court in San Diego issued an injunction prohibiting the transfer of ownership claiming it would involve an unconstitutional establishment of religion. This left the memorial subject to a previous ruling requiring the City to tear the cross down. The ACRU filed its brief today in the appeal of the Superior Court's decision.See the full content of this document
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The American Civil Rights Union Defends the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial
Previous court decisions found the cross at the memorial to be unconstitutional under provisions of the Californi...
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