by Peter Grady – In asking the Supreme Court to intervene in a case over a war memorial, a legal group says if atheists prevail then no war memorial will be safe. The issue involves the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial Cross in San Diego which was erected over 50 years ago to honor soldiers who [...]
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By Jack Minor, For The Greeley Gazette In a victory for veterans groups, the US Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling that could finally permit a World War I Memorial in the middle of the Mojave Desert to be displayed once again. The case arose when a memorial, erected in 1934 by the Veterans of [...]
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