The Federal judge has ruled that San Diego must dismantle the cross on Mt. Soledad in 90 days or face a huge daily fine. This is the latest in a series of legal contests locally and around the country that the ACLU and it's fellow travelers are waging to further their own peculiar interpretation of the 1st Amendment to the Constitution of the U.S.
I personally don't have a positive vibe for crosses on hilltops. It always smacked of "Asherah poles in the high places" to me. A type of base superstition and misplaced piety by people who invest the symbol with sacred status and at the same time ignore the reality it (the cross) points to. Frankly I prefer my hilltops and mountain tops to be unadorned and graced only with the beauty God bestowed on them and the surrounding scenery.
In this case though I think the ruling is wrong and the campaign being waged by the ACLU is mean-spirited. The Mt. Soledad cross was set up in the '50's as part of a Korean War memorial. It has since become a veteran's memorial, honoring those who died in all conflicts. It has been part of the San Diego scenery and cultural climate for over 50 years. With all of the problems that San Diego has had recently, this just seems so trivial. Mayor Sanders wants the City Attorney to appeal the ruling, but Mr. Aguirre doesn't seem to be inclined to do so.
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