Bladensburg Cross
Cross in seal of Pa. county ‘plainly constitutional,’ rules appeals court
By Adelle M. Banks — August 8, 2019
(RNS) — The appellate court ruled that the so-called Lemon test, which it noted has been ignored in some similar past cases, does not apply in the seal case.
VA’s revised policies on symbols, displays aim to protect ‘religious liberty’
By Adelle M. Banks — July 8, 2019
(RNS) — The announcement noted that the Supreme Court’s June 20 decision 'reaffirmed the important role religion plays in the lives of many Americans and its consistency with Constitutional principles.'
The Supreme Court made the Bladensburg Cross a special case. Let’s keep it that way
By Amanda Tyler — June 24, 2019
(RNS) — In deciding to allow a Christian cross to stay on a Maryland highway, the court rejected some of the extreme arguments that may have had more far-reaching consequences for the Establishment Clause.
Supreme Court determines cross on Maryland highway can stay
By Adelle M. Banks — June 20, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — In a 7-2 decision, the high court determined that the Bladensburg Cross erected by the American Legion does not violate the Constitution’s establishment clause.
Supreme Court seems inclined to retain cross on public land
By The Associated Press — February 28, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even liberal justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer suggested that they could join a narrow ruling upholding this particular memorial.
Christians and Jews agree: The Bladensburg Cross is no secular symbol
By Holly Hollman — February 26, 2019
(RNS) — Claiming that a cross is a generic memorial to all the war dead ignores real differences in our religions' teachings about eternal life and violates the fundamental aspect of religious liberty.
Religion or remembrance? Supreme Court to mull cross-shaped war memorial
By Adelle M. Banks — February 22, 2019
BLADENSBURG, Md. (RNS) — The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s decision and ruled that the monument had 'the primary effect of endorsing religion and excessively entangles the government in religion.'
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