Is the way some mourn the loss of loved ones offend us so much that we would prevent them from doing so?
A Federal Court has ruled that the crosses along a stretch of Utah highway is an endorsement of religion and must go.
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The 14 crosses erected along Utah roads to commemorate fallen state Highway Patrol troopers convey a state preference for Christianity and are a violation of the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.
The ruling reverses a 2007 decision by a federal district judge that said the crosses communicate a secular message about deaths and were not a public endorsement of religion. It's the latest in a recent rash of mixed-bag rulings on the public use of crosses.
A three-judge panel from Denver's 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in its 38-page ruling that a "reasonable observer" would conclude that the state and the Utah Highway Patrol were endorsing Christianity with the cross memorials.
When will this stop?
(ORIGINAL LINK) FOXNews.com - Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Utah Memorial Crosses Along Highway
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