Cross in seal of US county ‘plainly constitutional,’ rules appeals court
RNS A federal appeals court in the US has ruled in favor of a Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, seal that contains a cross, citing a recent Supreme Court decision. The unanimous ruling by the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals, issued Thursday, overturns a lower court decision that found the seal violated the establishment clause of […]
US Supreme Court determines cross on Maryland highway can stay
Washington, DCRNS The large historic cross that sits in a Maryland traffic circle is constitutional, the Supreme Court has ruled. In a 7-2 decision, the high court determined Thursday that the World War I monument known as the Bladensburg Cross, erected by the American Legion in 1925, does not violate the Constitution’s establishment clause. The […]
RELIGION OR REMEMBRANCE?: SUPREME COURT MULL CROSS-SHAPED WAR MEMORIAL
ADELLE M BANKS, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reports from the US on the fight over a cross-shaped war memorial and its wider ramifications in the US…
US: ‘Peace Cross’ is unconstitutional, court rules
RNS Peace Cross, Bladensburg, Md. PICTURE: Wikimedia Commons An old, rugged cross that has stood on public land in a Washington, DC, suburb for almost a century has been deemed unconstitutional by a federal court. The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the so-called Peace Cross violates the establishment clause of the […]