Trumpo Appointed Appeals Court Judge Says, With Sadness, a Giant Christian Cross in FL Must Come Down

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Excellent......

A judge appointed by Donald Trump, along with two colleagues, begrudgingly agreed that a giant Christian cross on government property in Florida had to come down… but not before pleading for the Supreme Court to take up this case and overturn it.
This case centers around a giant cross in Pensacola, Florida’s Bayview Park. In June of 2017, a U.S. District Court judge said it was unconstitutional and had to come down within 30 days.
Despite the city of Pensacola — i.e. the taxpayers — already ponying up more than $130,000 to fight this battle, city officials appealed the decision. They had the help of 14 attorneys general from across the country, all of whom said the Giant Christian Cross should be considered a totally secular monument.
Their argument was that we use the cross to honor heroes and create makeshift memorials when people die, therefore it’s not always about promoting Christianity. Furthermore, when the Giant Christian Cross has been up for 75 years without a challenge, we should be able to assume it reflects “cultural heritage” rather than religion. (The fact that the mayor once saying of this display that there will “always [be] a place for religion in the public square” didn’t seem like a big deal to anyone.)
Their plea didn’t work. Not yet, anyway.
Yesterday, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed the earlier decision because of course the damn cross has to come down. But they didn’t make that decision happily. In fact, the judges said they were “bound by existing Circuit precedent” and “constrained to affirm.

Talk about a giant waste of time and money....

http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/09/08/appeals-court-says-with-sadness-a-giant-christian-cross-in-fl-must-come-down/

 

[Keith&Co.]

Their argument was that we use the cross to honor heroes and create makeshift memorials when people die, therefore it’s not always about promoting Christianity.

So, if i make a huge cross out of elephant dung, Christains won't take offense, since it's not ALWAYS about Christainity?

 

[Elixir]

Their argument was that we use the cross to honor heroes and create makeshift memorials when people die, therefore it’s not always about promoting Christianity.

So, if i make a huge cross out of elephant dung, Christains won't take offense, since it's not ALWAYS about Christainity?

You can make three of them and use them to advertise your elephant porn movie!

 

[Keith&Co.]

Their argument was that we use the cross to honor heroes and create makeshift memorials when people die, therefore it’s not always about promoting Christianity.

So, if i make a huge cross out of elephant dung, Christains won't take offense, since it's not ALWAYS about Christainity?

You can make three of them and use them to advertise your elephant porn movie!

Hey! Mammoth Dick is not elephant porn! It's art!