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09-11-2007, 05:00 PM
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American Legion Blasts 9th Circuit's Cross Ban
INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 10, 2007) - The leader of the nation's largest veterans organization criticized last week's decision by the 9th Circuit Court to remove a cross from a World War I veterans memorial in California's Mojave Desert as the beginning of the "slippery slope of extreme secularism."
"This is one more prime example of wrong-headed political correctness and one more critical reason why the current Congress must pass the Public Expression of Religion Act," said American Legion National Commander Marty Conatser. "This is not about freedom of religion. The First Amendment also says Congress shall pass no law prohibiting the free exercise' of religion. The cross is an important symbol to millions of veterans, some of whom had to make the ultimate sacrifice for this nation."
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09-11-2007, 05:00 PM
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American Legion Blasts 9th Circuit's Cross Ban
INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 10, 2007) - The leader of the nation's largest veterans organization criticized last week's decision by the 9th Circuit Court to remove a cross from a World War I veterans memorial in California's Mojave Desert as the beginning of the "slippery slope of extreme secularism."
"This is one more prime example of wrong-headed political correctness and one more critical reason why the current Congress must pass the Public Expression of Religion Act," said American Legion National Commander Marty Conatser. "This is not about freedom of religion. The First Amendment also says Congress shall pass no law prohibiting the free exercise' of religion. The cross is an important symbol to millions of veterans, some of whom had to make the ultimate sacrifice for this nation."
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09-11-2007, 05:21 PM
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9th "Circus" Court
Enemy of America
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Ray,IN:
American Legion Blasts 9th Circuit's Cross Ban
INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 10, 2007) - The leader of the nation's largest veterans organization criticized last week's decision by the 9th Circuit Court to remove a cross from a World War I veterans memorial in California's Mojave Desert as the beginning of the "slippery slope of extreme secularism."
"This is one more prime example of wrong-headed political correctness and one more critical reason why the current Congress must pass the Public Expression of Religion Act," said American Legion National Commander Marty Conatser. "This is not about freedom of religion. The First Amendment also says Congress shall pass no law prohibiting the free exercise' of religion. The cross is an important symbol to millions of veterans, some of whom had to make the ultimate sacrifice for this nation." </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
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09-12-2007, 05:30 AM
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> 9th "Circus" Court
Enemy of America
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Thank you once again ACLU. . .they're all idiots.
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09-12-2007, 02:46 PM
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It's time to gather the firing squad. I'm in.
I can't stand those people. Makes me so mad I can't even think straight.
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09-12-2007, 05:17 PM
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Bear Creek Park here in Houston had a like problem when they started to build a Veterans Memorial. They finally got around it by putting several different religious symbols on the memorial. If it were to be built now, it probably would not happen.
Ken
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09-16-2007, 08:53 AM
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I did not post the entire article from National American Legion HQ; it continues on to say the county even transferred ownership of the memorial property to a private entity to avoid censorship, but the 9th circuit court ruled it illegal.
These judges have a lifetime appointment without fear of any repercussions for decisions.
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09-18-2007, 10:35 AM
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There's a reason that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is the most frequently overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court of all of the Courts of Appeal. This illustrates that reason very well.
Rusty
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