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Spotlight: The Cross and the Court
Unraveling the Supreme Court's tangled view of public crosses.


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The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Salazar v. Buono in October. Christianity Today asked church leaders and observers to discuss whether the Supreme Court should rule that memorial crosses are secular.

CT previously spotlighted international religious liberty advocates and church violence.





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TimmyD

January 04, 2010  11:13am

For those who think that these court battles are the "Persecutions" that the Bible talks about... you are dead wrong. It is not even the beginning of persecutions. We don't need stars of David, Crosses, or Ten Commandments. We should be markers of our God. We should be the image of our Christ. We must become the emblem of our religion. We waste a lot of time an money defending these things. In truth, most of these things - like the Mojave Cross - are just sentimental things that people hold onto. They will pass away like everything here on earth. Why should we fight so much to worship the image of the weapon that killed our Lord. If He was shot in the head, would we worship a gun? Instead we ought to be fighting to become the very image of our Lord... and if that means REAL persecutions, then we should rejoice at being found worthy to suffer for Him. Take down the crosses and instead show them the resurrected Christ through your life!

Kenneth Acushla

January 02, 2010  6:33pm

Why are the Supreme Court Judges? not being told what the Founding Fathers said about the separation of State and Religion. They did not want a State Church like those back in the European countries. Judges are saying it means anything and everything. Our LORD has said we will know persecutions and tribulations so it is sad Judges are being involved in it also.

Rudolph K. Muzzarelli

December 31, 2009  10:09am

The constitution does not give the government the right to establish religion, neither to deny religion or the exercise of religion, nor does the constitution prevent the government from recognizing religion or God. A memorial may be inspirational to some and mean nothing to others. Memorial displays on public property do not equal establishment of religion and in many cases have historical meaning. The Ten Commandments are an example of historical meaning upon which many secular laws are based. Establishment of religion would necessarily include worship of a supreme being or as in the case of an atheist no supreme being. Memorials of the type in question (the Crescent Moon and Star, the Cross, the Star of David, the Ten Commandments, etc.) do not require the observer to worship anything and should therefore be considered by the court to be secular.

Double Echo

December 30, 2009  3:42pm

Was this a "Handbill" or an article.

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