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U.S. Supreme Court says Mojave Desert Cross can stay--it is a War Memorial, article by Peter Menkin
A World War I memorial will be allowed to stay in the Mojave Desert, and though covered since 2002 because it offended some people as a religious symbol is now unveiled again. It was the United States Supreme Court that allowed the Cross, on private land owned by the Veterans of Foreign Wars to stay after a protracted controversy. The Cross has stood for about 75 years in the desert. The question came to, Is the Cross religious symbol for Christians solely, or War Memorial for American dead?
In California and even San Francisco's Bay Area the subject of a cross in a remote desert spot in the Mojave was a highly controversial matter. What about the cross on public land? Does this not violate separation of Church and State? was hotly asked.
A religious symbol cannot be on public land, said Frank Buono who is now retired from the Park Service. He brought the case to The Supreme Court over a ten year period with the help of The American Civil Liberties Union. According to
The New York Times
, "The white wooden cross, roughly 5 feet tall, stands atop Sunrise Rock in California's San Bernardino County." It is actually made of pipe today. The Supreme Court did not say whether this was a simple, dignified, and even popular War Memorial of little note but some popularity among the private individuals who visited it, and those who built it. The Court took on this almost humble case that to some appeared overblown.
A PDF of the Supreme Court decision is
here
.
The announcement of the Court's result was made and reported in major newspapers April 28, 2010. Writing for the Supreme Court in
Salazar v. Buono
, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said:
"The District Court concentrated solely on the religious aspects of the cross, divorced from its background and context. But a Latin cross is not merely a reaffirmation of Christian beliefs. It is a symbol often used to honor and respect those whose heroic acts, noble contributions, and patient striving help secure an honored place in history for this Nation and its people. Here, one Latin cross in the desert evokes far more than religion. It evokes thousands of small crosses in foreign fields marking the graves of Americans who fell in battles, battles whose tragedies are compounded if the fallen are forgotten."
The Veterans of Foreign Wars agreed. One could easily surmise that's the real issue, the real case from their vantage point. Many veterans agreed.
Gabriel Nelson, writing in his blog in
The New York Times
, said, "The Supreme Court ruled today that Congress and the Interior Department acted properly when they used a land transfer to solve a dispute over a cross on display in the federal Mojave National Preserve."
There was no big hullaballoo, but a minimal statement with dissent by the Supreme Court. Gabriel Nelson put it well in his low key remark on how the Interior Department had acted properly. This writer has taken some snippets from other newspaper reports that demonstrate all are in accord in their reporting of the facts, and as the Supreme Court noted it was the facts that led them to their conclusions on the decision.
In its brief on behalf of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Solicitor General Elena Kagan said the cross did not imply government sponsorship. The transfer of land to the Veterans of Foreign Wars that required the installation of a plaque dissociating the statue from the federal government, she wrote, satisfied the problem of Church/State religion (Christian).
The Christian Post
said in its report,
"The goal of avoiding governmental endorsement does not require eradication of all religious symbols in the public realm," wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy. "This cross," he wrote, "evokes thousands of small crosses in foreign fields marking the graves of Americans who fell in battles."
As a taste of the real argument in differences on the United States Supreme Court, it appears to this writer that Justice Anthony Kennedy caught the essence of the issue separating Justices.
The Wall Street Journal
noted in their report,
Justice Stevens's dissent argued that Congress wasn't taking action to memorialize veterans, but rather using their memory to justify maintenance of a religious symbol. He noted that the Mojave cross little resembles the prominent and nonsectarian markers erected for those who served in World War II, Korea or Vietnam.
Wall Street Journal
writer pointed out in his article,
The cross—estimated at five to seven feet tall—stands on Sunrise Rock in a remote patch of desert. Veterans, some of whom had moved to the region for health reasons, first erected a cross at the site in 1934 and it was often used for Easter services. The current version was assembled from painted metal pipes in 1998 by Henry Sandoz of Yucca Valley, Calif.
Though
The Wall Street Journal
called the decision one whereby the Cross was determined more war memorial than religious symbol, the grass roots battle in California called for many statements that:
Yes, it was significantly and first a war memorial, but it was a religious statement for the war dead.
There the Supreme Court did not necessarily agree, but it did not make sweeping decisions. Justice Kennedy wrote, Because of the "highly fact-specific nature" of the case, it is "unsuited for announcing categorical rules."
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor joined Justice Stevens's dissent. Justice Stephen Breyer dissented separately.
Images:
(1)
Mojave Desert Cross, by Associated Press; (2) Mojave Desert Cross, by unknown.
About the Author
Peter Menkin, an aspiring poet, lives in Mill Valley, CA USA (north of San Francisco). My blog: http://www.petermenkin.blogspot.com
Are moisturizing, sunscreen, and drinking water enough to prevent the additional damage from desert climate?
I currently live in Egypt and feel fatigued frequently. I also have rough, dry patches on my hands and arms. I try all of the above but wonder if this is not enough. Thanks!
May be.
But frequent fatigue? Needs investigating.
You must be walking more in Egypt then you are use to, your diet may have changed also even if you are eating same amounts and similar things, the nutrient values may be quit low for same foods.
Very likely. Fatigue is an indication of exertions. Patches is an indication of vitamin deficiency or exposure to UV and other Components of lights, keep covered at all time (bleaching or tanning or selective strange combinations). Use Dark colors to block light.
In the mean time try one a day multivitamins for people over 50, do not have to be 50, it has higher potency, add iron tablets, it may change the color of the stool to black do not worry , adjust the dose take 1/2 a pill or even quarter, or every few days only. Use wet towel to rehydrate the skin few times a day.
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