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guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
Fri Oct 20, 2017, 02:16 PM Oct 2017

Good news: Peace Cross is unconstitutional, court rules

From the article:

An old, rugged cross that has stood on public land in a Washington, D.C., suburb for almost a century has been deemed unconstitutional by a federal court.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday (Oct. 18) that the so-called Peace Cross violates the establishment clause of the Constitution with “excessive religious entanglement.”


To read more:

http://religionnews.com/2017/10/19/peace-cross-is-unconstitutional-court-rules/
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Good news: Peace Cross is unconstitutional, court rules (Original Post) guillaumeb Oct 2017 OP
Don't forget about your other thread. trotsky Oct 2017 #1
BTW, this is a duplicate thread. trotsky Oct 2017 #2
A different article. guillaumeb Oct 2017 #3
Same story. trotsky Oct 2017 #5
DU is awash in duplicate threads lol nt msongs Oct 2017 #4
There are also sub-threads, guillaumeb Oct 2017 #6

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
1. Don't forget about your other thread.
Fri Oct 20, 2017, 02:17 PM
Oct 2017

Could you please return and support the central claim you made in it?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1218&pid=256327
Namely: "I have read posts here talking about the end of theism."

Could you link to those posts? Thanks so much!

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