The “Peace Cross,” the focus of an intense court case regarding its upkeep and placement on public land, stands at a busy intersection in Bladensburg, Md. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post) By: Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether a 40-foot cross in the median of […]
A 2014 lawsuit said that the Peace Cross, which sits on state land in Bladensburg, Md., was an endorsement of Christianity.CreditCreditAlgerina Perna/The Baltimore Sun, via Associated Press By: Adam Liptak WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether a 40-foot cross on state property in suburban Maryland violates […]
By: Kevin Daley The American Legion and a Maryland planning commission are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to protect a cross-shaped World War I memorial, after the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the monument violates the Constitution. Supporters of the petition say the 4th Circuit’s decision compromises war […]
World War II veteran John Pedevillano received a citation from Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan at the controversial Peace Cross in Bladensburg. Derrick Ward reports.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof….” So begins the First Amendment to our Constitution. Those words have been turned into a “law” that allows courts to demand an impenetrable wall of separation between religion and government. A recent case shows […]
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