mojave cross case

Today the US Supreme Court heard a case about a cross that was erected in a remote part of the Mojave National Preserve in southeastern California. The government had been enjoined (prohibited by a court order) from displaying this religious symbol, so the government (by act of Congress) sold a...

In 1934 the Mojave Cross was erected as a memorial to WWI soldiers. The land the cross sits on was transfered to the National Park Service. The problems began when a group requested permission a Buddhist shrine next to the cross and was denied. A former deputy superintendant along with the...