San Diego to appeal cross decision

Judge nullified citizens' 75% vote to maintain landmark

WorldNetDaily:
by James L. Lambert

The city of San Diego will appeal a court ruling that nullified an overwhelming vote by its citizens to save a historic cross that sits on public land.

Attorney Charles LiMandri, who represented the city in the case, told WorldNetDaily yesterday that newly elected Mayor Jerry Sanders informed him of the decision to appeal the Oct. 7 ruling by San Diego Superior Court Judge Patricia Yim Cowett.

Cowett's decision effectively overturned Proposition A, passed by 75 percent of voters in July, which called for the city to donate the cross to the federal government as the centerpiece of a veterans memorial.

But Cowett ruled such action would be an unconstitutional aid to religion.

The conflict arises from an ACLU lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the 29-foot concrete structure, which has been the center of a war memorial on city land since 1954.



Mt. Soledad cross and veterans memorial above San Diego (soledadmemorial.com)




How offensive is a cross on a war memorial that the ACLU needs to file a lawsuit to get it removed. What's next? Are you going to get sued if you have a christian bumper sticker and drive on government property?