Congressman asks President Bush to help save San Diego cross

[Kadie]

Congressman asks President Bush to help save San Diego cross

By ALLISON HOFFMAN, Associated Press Writer

Thursday, May 11, 2006


(05-11) 15:28 PDT SAN DIEGO, (AP) --


The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee asked President Bush to help save a 29-foot cross standing on San Diego city property from being removed by court order.

Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, joined Thursday by Mayor Jerry Sanders, asked the president to exercise his power of eminent domain and take over the half-acre cross site atop Mount Soledad.

Hunter, who has backed legislation to protect the cross, sent a letter to the White House requesting "urgent assistance" to keep it intact.

"The federal government has lots of memorials with crosses on it," he said. "According to the court decisions, you'd have to dismantle Arlington (National) Cemetery."

A San Diego federal judge last week ordered the city to take down the cross within 90 days or face $5,000 in daily fines. The injunction was the latest twist in a 17-year battle waged by a self-described atheist against the cross, which was raised in 1954 in memorial of Korean War veterans.7

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[Che_Nuevara]

1. Here's my question:

Just why does this one 'self-described atheist' want this cross taken down so badly? Is he so insecure in his beliefs that he can't stand to see others' around?

[skipos]

2. Of all the things to be concerned with right now. Yeesh.nt

[WinkyDink]

3. Too bad Bush is a Moonie, and subscribes to the "Tear Down the Cross"

Movement.
Not joking.