Just when Californians thought the Mount Soledad cross case was settled, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has decided to take the issue to the liberal 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
For 18 years, the ACLU has fought to have the 40-foot cross at the Mount Soledad National Veterans Memorial removed. San Diego even voted to give the land to the federal government to protect the cross.
In July, U.S. District Judge Larry Burns ruled the cross was constitutional. The ACLU is appealing that decision.
"A cross is a common feature in military cemeteries and in war memorials, and does not constitute an 'establishment of religion' as the ACLU so fancifully argues," said Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst for Focus on the Family Action. "This case has dragged on far too long and is no longer about constitutional law, but about an anti-American secularist legal organization that refuses to end its quest to marginalize and erase our country's religious heritage."
