{"id":24220,"date":"2013-07-22T02:15:50","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T05:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=24220"},"modified":"2016-11-26T01:12:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T04:12:39","slug":"lake-elsinore-war-memorial-enjoined-by-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/22\/lake-elsinore-war-memorial-enjoined-by-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Elsinore War Memorial Enjoined by Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A California Federal court has said that the proposed design of the Lake Elsinore Veteran&#8217;s memorial &#8212; which contains the iconic graphic of a Soldier kneeling at a cross-shaped headstone &#8212; &#8220;likely violates the Establishment Clause&#8221; of the US Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Even as a discussion is ongoing about the use of a <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/18\/ffrf-objects-to-ohio-holocaust-memorial-design\/\">Star of David in a Holocaust memorial<\/a> in Ohio, the court found that\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;it is likely that Plaintiffs will be able to demonstrate that the Latin crosses and Star of David were included &#8230;because of their religious symbolism&#8230;&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, they are religious symbols, but they were included not because of that symbolism, but because they symbolize our honored dead.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christianfighterpilot.com\/images\/normmod.jpg\" width=\"443\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The court&#8217;s decision was the <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/27\/atheists-target-military-memorials-again\/\">result of a lawsuit filed in June<\/a> &#8212; in tragic irony, near the anniversary of the D-Day invasions recalled by this very symbolism.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/court-enjoins-veterans-memorial.html\">the Religion Clause<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A California Federal court has said that the proposed design of the Lake Elsinore Veteran&#8217;s memorial &#8212; which contains the iconic graphic of a Soldier kneeling at a cross-shaped headstone &#8212; &#8220;likely violates the Establishment Clause&#8221; of the US Constitution. 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