Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial Cross is Constitutional
Posted on March 25, 2009 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Bill Of Rights, Church And State, Constitution, News, Veterans | 6 Comments
….and here is your good news for free expression and saving the Constitution for the night. The ACLU loses one in this long, drawn out battle!
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a friend-of-the-court brief Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in defense of a 55-year-old cross located at the Mount [...]
Happy ACLU Day San Diego!
Posted on March 26, 2008 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, News, Politics As Usual, Stupidity | 4 Comments
Yes, even after the ACLU cost them over $900,000 in city tax dollars in their attack on the Mt. Soledad cross, the San Diego City Council voted yesterday to pass a resolution “commending the American Civil Liberties Union of the San Diego and Imperial Counties for its continuous advocacy for the rights and freedoms of [...]
Read More..>>Another Victory in the Mt. Soledad War Memorial Case
Posted on November 13, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Church And State, News | Comments Off
Good news via ACLJ:
A California man who sued in federal court seeking to have a congressional decision nullified and a veterans’ memorial cross on Mt. Soledad removed has lost on both counts, giving hope to memorial defenders the 18-year legal odyssey for the site soon will be over.
“We are very pleased with the court’s decision [...]
ACLU condemned for attacking veterans memorials during time of war
Posted on May 25, 2007 - Filed Under ACLU | 28 Comments
The ACLU is still at it…
From One News Now:
A constitutional attorney says instead of thanking American veterans for their service, the American Civil Liberties Union is “dishonoring” them by attacking their memorials across the United States.
The American Legion has announced that it is teaming up with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) and Liberty Legal Institute [...]
American Legion and ADF to ACLU, FFRF, AU, American Atheists and friends: Step away from the war memorials
Posted on May 22, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Church And State, History, News | 4 Comments
About time someone goes on offense.
CNS News: Christians, Veterans Team Up to Protect Religious Memorials
The nation’s largest veterans’ service organization is teaming up with two Christian legal groups in an effort aimed at protecting Christian-themed war memorials from lawsuits that would remove them from public property.
The American Legion is asking its members to contribute to [...]
The ACLU’s hatred of the Mt. Soledad Cross is boundless, borderline psychotic
Posted on April 21, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Church And State, Communism, News | 13 Comments
San Francisco Chronicle: Opponents to San Diego cross subpoena members of Congress
Opponents of a 29-foot-tall cross that stands on public parkland in San Diego have subpoenaed three local members of Congress who supported federal legislation designed to shield the monument from legal challenges.
The subpoenas were served on GOP Reps. Darrell Issa, Brian Bilbray and Duncan [...]
Mt. Soledad breaking news…great news
Posted on January 12, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Church And State, News | 5 Comments
From the 9th Circuit: Opinion
1. The appeal by the City of the district court’s May 3, 2006 order (the one that said the city must rip down the cross by Aug. 1, 2006 or face a $5,000/day fine) to enforce a December 3, 1991 injunction under California constitutional authority is dismissed as moot.
2. The [...]
Great Mt. Soledad News: CA Court of Appeal Rules Land Transfer To Feds Constitutional
Posted on November 30, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Church And State, News | 2 Comments
Sorry for the brevity…busy, busy, busy. The 4th Appellate Division reversed in full. Highlights:
The court finds that 1) the appeals are not moot; 2) San Diegans for the Mount Soledad War Memorial and Mike Shelby are aggrieved parties for the purposes of the appeal; and 3) the transfer of the cross under Proposition [...]
Faith Under Fire
Posted on October 30, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Church And State, News | 1 Comment
Alan Sears, of the Alliance Defense Fund, has written an excellent column at the Legal Times on the battle over public religion.
The House of Representatives has voted to end a perverse subsidy that encourages attacks on religious freedom. Now the Senate should do the same, despite self-serving opposition from groups, such as the American Civil [...]
ACLU: Anti-Christian Liberals Union
Posted on October 25, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Christmas, Church And State, News | 7 Comments
Liberals always act shocked and astonished that conservatives believe that an organization claiming to be the guardian of religious liberty is actually America’s number one religious censor. They will spout off token cases where the ACLU veered from its normal path of hostility toward Christian religious expression to defend free speech. They have [...]
Read More..>>The ACLU vs. America — The Numbers Don’t Lie
Posted on August 30, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Abortion, Child Exploitation, Church And State, News | 2 Comments
The ACLU thinks that parents have no right to know if their pregnant underage daughter is seeking an abortion.
vs. America
80% of Americans think that parents have the right to know if their minor daughters are seeking an abortion. (CBS News Poll July 13-14, 2005)
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The ACLU believes anyone, for any reason at any time should be [...]
Target: Mt. Soledad Memorial — ACLU keeps the wrecking ball on call
Posted on August 24, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, Church And State, News | 11 Comments
The ACLU today filed a federal lawsuit in its latest attempt to drive all reference to faith from the public square. In what is a smart PR move on the ACLU’s part, they’ve brought a group called the Jewish War Veterans on as a plaintiff along with “local residents.” So what was once [...]
Read More..>>Bush signs legislation transferring Mt. Soledad to federal control
Posted on August 15, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Church And State, News | 2 Comments
From the NY Times:
The transfer hardly resolves the dispute and instead may open another long legal chapter. Mr. Paulson and another man, Steve Trunk, have already filed papers in Federal District Court in San Diego to challenge the transfer and the presence of the cross on federal land as unconstitutional.
“It’s election-year politics,” said James E. [...]
One step closer to preserving Mt. Soledad Memorial
Posted on August 14, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU | Comments Off
As announced the week before last by Rep. Duncan Hunter’s office, today, President Bush is expected to sign legislation, overwhelmingly passed by bipartisan supermajorities in the House and Senate (unanimous), to transfer the Mount Soledad Memorial to federal control.
This of course does not end all legal battles for all time and the psychotic zeal with [...]
Senate Passes Legislation To Protect Mt. Soledad Cross
Posted on August 1, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Church And State, News | 16 Comments
Go Pundit Go sends me the good news! via Sign On San Diego
With a speed and decisiveness that surprised some, the Senate on Tuesday approved a plan to transfer the land beneath the Mount Soledad war memorial to federal control in an effort to avoid a court-ordered removal of the cross that stands there.
The Senate’s [...]
