Thursday, June 20, 2019

OPINION_ Kelly Shackelford: Supreme Court Peace Cross decision is a major victory for religious freedom

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Kelly Shackelford: Supreme Court Peace Cross decision is a major victory for religious freedom

OPINION - By Kelly Shackelford | Fox News




Supreme Court says Peace Cross war memorial can stay
The Supreme Court has ruled that a Peace Cross war memorial on public land outside Washington, D.C., can stand; Shannon Bream reports on the 7-2 decision.


Thursday’s 7-2 Supreme Court decision allowing a Peace Cross war memorial to remain on public land in Bladensburg, Md., near the nation’s capital is a landmark victory for religious freedom. This is good news for America.

Thankfully, the days of activist courts illegitimately weaponizing the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause to attack religious symbols on public land are over.

At last, the Bladensburg World War I Veterans Memorial – what everyone can now safely call the Peace Cross – is safe from the wrecking crew. Importantly, so are other memorials honoring veterans and public displays of religion across our country.


SUPREME COURT RULES PEACE CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CAN STAND


“For nearly a century, the Bladensburg Cross has expressed the community’s grief at the loss of the young men who perished, its thanks for their sacrifice, and its dedication to the ideals for which they fought,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the Supreme Court majority.

The memorial honors 49 local soldiers who died defending our nation in World War I.

The high court’s decision should come as no surprise, because America’s founders were not hostile to religious symbols or expression.


Those who have for decades tried to purge the landscape of any religious symbols can now park their bulldozers and sandblasters. Our founders would have been appalled at their attempts to make the government hostile to our religious heritage, history and symbols.

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