More unconstitutional acts by Bush ... or ... We all have our cross to bear

posted by The Vidiot @ 6:29 PM Permalink

Disputed Latin cross transferred to feds

President Bush signed a law on Monday transferring a 29-foot-tall Latin cross high on a hill in San Diego to the federal government, stepping into a long-running dispute over the separation of church and state.

Bush, in just the latest unusual action designed to save the Mount Soledad cross in the La Jolla district, sided firmly with cross supporters who acknowledge it is the pre-eminent symbol of Christianity but contend it forms part of a secular war memorial. An atheist, Philip K. Paulson, has fought the cross, built in 1954, for 17 years in federal and state courts, asserting the memorial was built only after he protested the cross and filed suit and is a ruse to cover its intent to promote Christianity.

The legislation Bush signed essentially uses eminent domain to transfer the memorial land
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The private group that built the cross, the Mount Soledad Memorial Association, will continue to maintain it.

Wow, the Rethuglicans just schiavo'ed a cross for election year pandering.