We read:
"A group of California lawmakers is pushing for congressional protection for religious symbols included at U.S. war memorials after the latest court challenge to a San Diego veterans monument that features a 43-foot high cross.
Earlier this month, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Mount Soledad cross -- which has been at the center of legal fights for more than two decades -- amounts to an unconstitutional display of government favoring a specific religion, and must be changed. Supporters of the memorial have vowed to continue fighting the case to the Supreme Court.
But California Republican Rep. Duncan D. Hunter hopes his latest legislative bid might settle the fight before that, by allowing religious symbols to be included in any federal military memorial by law. The measure could circumvent the courts' interpretation of the Establishment Clause, which prohibits the U.S. government from showing preference for one religious group over another.
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New legislation isn't required, what is needed are new Judges to replace the current clowns on the 9th Circuit (Circus). A quick review of their decisions shows a noticeable bias against religion. They are quick to quote the non-establishment part of the constitution but never seem to notice the adjoining bit about not prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
It takes a re-interpretation (the originally-intended interpretation) of the first amendment to realize that it is not about baring people from religion, but to promote religious tolerance. And tolerance doesn't mean that no one can participate.
There is no Establishment Clause in the constitution.
All it says is that the GOVERNMENT can't create a "Church of America" like the church of england, that's all!
It also means that a government can't create a religion (obama worship) but is says nothing about favoring one!
It's freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion!
One can get realy tired of these self centered atheists wackos like that newdow jerk trying to force themselves on us all these is no separation of chruch and state in the constitution and this is the infamous 9th circut court the nations most overturned court
Just another attack on Christianity. The Left believes we should all worship Mao (as they do) and not God.
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When are you Americans going to get your ducks in row regarding religion not to mention the misinterpretation of your constitution and amendments?
All documents at the time were written in plain English and that is obviously the problem given how much the English language has been bastardised by the American people.
Perhaps if you went back to your roots and abolished your failed phonetics experiment (given that you have more exceptions to the rules of spelling and grammar than basic English) you would then be able to comprehend your heritage properly and be able to dismiss the reinterpretation that continues to redefine your constitution from within the judiciary.
Personally I think the court’s decision sucks but that just my Australian opinion.
@anon 8:59 PM,
While you may be correct about the current state of language in the United States, it is the agenda of the Left to approach government relativistically instead of absolutely. You could say that the sky is blue, and the Leftist will say that you are discriminating against color-blind people. The point is that the current approach to government in the United States is to conform morality to society, instead of conforming society to morality. And I believe that has more to do with the degeneration of morality than it does language.
-sig
"You could say that the sky is blue, and the Leftist will say that you are discriminating against color-blind people."
Ridiculous.
@sig 12:42
I agree with you about morality. The judiciary has eased up too far on the responsibility of the individual and passed that responsibility back to society without allowing society to reprimand the individual and hold the individual accountable for their actions.
Any society which does such actions does it at their peril. The empire of Rome as case in point and undoubtably other empires fell the same way.
All great societies are weakened beyond recovery from within before being destroyed from without. Assistance from the judiciary accelerates this process.
anon 8:59 PM
Ok, maybe I'm dumb but if the Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional how can one piece of legislation make it constitutional?
Surely the legislation would itself be unconsitutional?
if it was a big star and quarter moon,it would have been ok.
The master of the run-on sentence said, "One can get realy tired of these self centered atheists..."
If you are so tired, perhaps you should take a nap.
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