{"id":43427,"date":"2018-08-01T00:15:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T03:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=43427"},"modified":"2018-08-01T01:43:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T04:43:28","slug":"109-members-of-congress-file-scotus-brief-on-bladensburg-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/01\/109-members-of-congress-file-scotus-brief-on-bladensburg-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"109 Members of Congress File SCOTUS Brief on Bladensburg Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34080\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/peacecross.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/peacecross.jpg 325w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/peacecross-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/>More than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruz.senate.gov\/?p=press_release&amp;id=3999\">100 members of Congress<\/a> filed an <a href=\"https:\/\/cruz.senate.gov\/files\/documents\/Briefs\/20180727_amicus.pdf\">amicus brief<\/a> supporting the Bladensburg cross, a &#8220;Peace Cross&#8221; that was erected after World War I to honor local war dead. The memorial was initially found to be permissible, but the Fourth Circuit court of appeals overturned that ruling, declaring it a violation of the US Constitution. The case has been appealed to the Supreme Court &#8212; which, to date, has not explicitly ruled on the long-running war on war memorials with religious iconography: <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) today led the filing of an amicus brief on behalf of 109 Members of Congress to the Supreme Court of the United States in <em>American Humanist Association<\/em> v. <em>Maryland\u2013National Capital Park and Planning Commission<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It appears US Representative Joe Manchin of West Virginia is the sole Democrat to sign the brief.<\/p>\n<p>(Last Memorial Day, the Washington Examiner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/editorials\/anti-theists-spend-memorial-day-dishonoring-the-military-dead\">laid into<\/a> the plaintiffs in the case.)<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, atheist blogger Hemant Mehta <a href=\"http:\/\/friendlyatheist.patheos.com\/2018\/07\/30\/109-members-of-congress-urge-supreme-court-to-take-up-bladensburg-cross-case\/\">declared<\/a> that if the ruling resulted in <em>other<\/em> memorials being torn down, as the brief implies, he thought it was &#8220;good.&#8221;<\/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>More than 100 members of Congress filed an amicus brief supporting the Bladensburg cross, a &#8220;Peace Cross&#8221; that was erected after World War I to honor local war dead. The memorial was initially found to be permissible, but the Fourth Circuit court of appeals overturned that ruling, declaring it a violation of the US Constitution. 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