The Peace Cross is Unconstitutional
Oct. 22nd, 2017 12:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Apparently the Peace Cross--an American Legion World War I monument near where I live--has been ruled unconstitutional by state courts here. It's not really clear what will happen next, other than more litigation, but it's a little strange to think it might actually be coming down eventually. It certainly does seem to me that it's a First Amendment violation that shouldn't exist, but it's also deeply embedded in my mental geography of the area. I'm not sure I have much else to say, except that I kind of hope the space gets some sort of other notable public art or monument to provide a name for the intersection, since the only way I've been able to successfully describe it to people is "the intersection where the Peace Cross is".
Apparently the Peace Cross--an American Legion World War I monument near where I live--has been ruled unconstitutional by state courts here. It's not really clear what will happen next, other than more litigation, but it's a little strange to think it might actually be coming down eventually. It certainly does seem to me that it's a First Amendment violation that shouldn't exist, but it's also deeply embedded in my mental geography of the area. I'm not sure I have much else to say, except that I kind of hope the space gets some sort of other notable public art or monument to provide a name for the intersection, since the only way I've been able to successfully describe it to people is "the intersection where the Peace Cross is".
