Baptist Press - Mt. Soledad Cross Ruled Unconstitutional

by Baptist Press

SAN DIEGO (BP) -- The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Jan. 4 that the Mt. Soledad cross war memorial in San Diego violates the establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution.

The court did not order the 43-foot monument removed but returned the case to federal court in San Diego to determine whether the cross will be moved or if the memorial can be altered to conform to the Constitution, the San Diego Union-Tribute reported. . . .

. . . . The American Center for Law and Justice filed an amicus brief in the Mt. Soledad case on behalf of 25 members of Congress in support of the memorial, and Jay Sekulow, the ACLJ's chief counsel, expressed disappointment in the Ninth Circuit's ruling.

"This flawed decision not only strikes at the heart of honoring our military veterans, it reaches a faulty conclusion that this iconic memorial -- part of the historic landscape of San Diego -- is unconstitutional," Sekulow said. . . .

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