San Diego Union-Tribune: Mt. Soledad Cross is slipped in federal legislation
By Matthew T. Hall
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
November 21, 2004
Congress last night joined the fight to keep the Mount Soledad cross in place by naming it a national veterans memorial.
The designation, inserted by two local congressmen in a voluminous spending bill that requires President Bush's approval, raises more questions about the fate of the symbol that has been at the center of an emotional 15-year legal battle.
Christian activists hailed the development yesterday. Civil libertarians, however, said it would not stop a plan to move the cross from city land in La Jolla to comply with a federal court injunction that has been on hold since 1991.
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
November 21, 2004
Congress last night joined the fight to keep the Mount Soledad cross in place by naming it a national veterans memorial.
The designation, inserted by two local congressmen in a voluminous spending bill that requires President Bush's approval, raises more questions about the fate of the symbol that has been at the center of an emotional 15-year legal battle.
Christian activists hailed the development yesterday. Civil libertarians, however, said it would not stop a plan to move the cross from city land in La Jolla to comply with a federal court injunction that has been on hold since 1991.
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