Supreme Court: Cross Can Stand On Public Land In Separation Of Church And State Case
The high court's conservative majority sided with those advocating for "religious freedom" in a major win for groups like the American Legion.
Updated at 11:24 a.m. ET
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a 40-foot World War I memorial cross can stay on public land at a Maryland intersection.
The cross "has become a prominent community landmark, and its removal or radical alteration at this date would be seen by many not as a neutral act but as the manifestation of a hostility toward religion that has no place in our Establishment Clause traditions," the court wrote. Justice
