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| Subject: Funny: Take That, Supreme Court: Mojave Desert Cross Stolen Thu May 13, 2010 5:56 am | |
| Theft follows Court ruling that cross can stay put
Somebody unhappy with the high court appears to have taken the law into their own hands by making off with the controversial 7-foot-tall cross that the Court recently ruled could remain on display in the Mojave Desert. The cross, a memorial to soldiers who died in World War I, vanished on Sunday from the Mojave National Preserve, the Los Angeles Times reports.
And it couldn't have been easy: Made of concrete-filled steel pipes and bolted directly to rock, the cross "would be extremely heavy to move," a park official said. A park official represented by the ACLU sued to have the cross removed because it stood on public land and represented only one religion, an argument the Supreme Court rejected in a 5-4 decision last month. A veterans' group is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the cross thief.
http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/topofthetimes/callocal/la-me-mojave-cross-20100512,0,5422236.story |
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