This is just sad. Think what you will about whether it's appropriate as a national monument, or whether it is constitutional; there's no reason for this kind of vandalism, which hopefully was not driven by the Supreme Court's recent decision allowing the cross in the Mojave National Preserve to stay standing.
Vandals toppled and removed the 8-foot-high cross at Mojave National Preserve in California less than two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled the controversial memorial could remain on federal property.
The cross, which has stood in various forms for the last 76 years as a memorial to World War I soldiers, was stolen late Sunday night or early Monday morning…
Vandals cut through a series of metal bolts to remove the cross — still covered by a wooden box — from its concrete foundation.
[UPDATE: The Justice Department has announced it will join in the investigation into the theft of the cross.]
