Pensacola Officials Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Review Cross Decision
The City of Pensacola, Florida is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and allow a large memorial cross to remain on public land.
The City of Pensacola, Florida is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and allow a large memorial cross to remain on public land.
A 2015 Arkansas law requiring the state to arrange for the placement of a privately funded Ten Commandments monument has been challenged as unlawful under the U.S. Constitution.
Thankfully, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, by a 8-6 vote, has agreed that the cross is indeed a Christian symbol. They voted to leave in place a ruling that the Bladensburg Memorial cross is unlawful.
In a friend-of-the-court brief, the BJC and other religious liberty advocates argue that a 34-foot cross on government land in Pensacola, Florida, is unconstitutional.
The 4th Circuit has rejected arguments that a large memorial cross in Prince George’s County, Maryland is a secular commemorative symbol, finding the cross an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.