MorningGlory Posted April 26, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.10 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted April 26, 2012 This is a bit of good news..... Settlement OK'd over Mojave cross on U.S. land AssociatedPress - 4/25/2012 10:20:00 AM LOSANGELES - A federal judge has approved a land-swap to settle a lawsuit over aremote site in the Mojave National Preserve where war memorial crosses havebeen erected for decades. The settlement announced Tuesday calls for the site at SunriseRock to be turned over to a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Barstow,California, in exchange for five acres of donated land. (See earlier story) KellyShackelford, president of Liberty Institute. "We've got now a step closerto I think what will be a great victory for our veterans," he tellsAssociated Press. "We now have a final order from the court, and it's justa matter now of getting the land transferred -- and as soon as that happens,the veterans are going to put that memorial back up as it has been since 1934." The National Park Service said it hopes to complete the swap by year's end,allowing the VFW to once more erect a cross on the site. The most recentpermanent cross was stolen and a replacement was removed to comply with a courtinjunction. Shackelford explains that in the past, vandals have destroyed the cross."So right now what you would have if you went out to look at the memorialis you would see a national veterans memorial sitting in a vandalized andtorn-down state," he says. The land swap was ordered by Congress in 2003 but legal action challenging thecross intervened for years. The original wooden cross erected in 1934 was later replaced with one made ofsteel pipes. It was stolen in 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandma dolittle Posted April 26, 2012 Group: Junior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 78 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 29 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/01/2012 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/20/1946 Share Posted April 26, 2012 This is a bit of good news..... Settlement OK'd over Mojave cross on U.S. land AssociatedPress - 4/25/2012 10:20:00 AM LOSANGELES - A federal judge has approved a land-swap to settle a lawsuit over aremote site in the Mojave National Preserve where war memorial crosses havebeen erected for decades. The settlement announced Tuesday calls for the site at SunriseRock to be turned over to a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Barstow,California, in exchange for five acres of donated land. (See earlier story) KellyShackelford, president of Liberty Institute. "We've got now a step closerto I think what will be a great victory for our veterans," he tellsAssociated Press. "We now have a final order from the court, and it's justa matter now of getting the land transferred -- and as soon as that happens,the veterans are going to put that memorial back up as it has been since 1934." The National Park Service said it hopes to complete the swap by year's end,allowing the VFW to once more erect a cross on the site. The most recentpermanent cross was stolen and a replacement was removed to comply with a courtinjunction. Shackelford explains that in the past, vandals have destroyed the cross."So right now what you would have if you went out to look at the memorialis you would see a national veterans memorial sitting in a vandalized andtorn-down state," he says. The land swap was ordered by Congress in 2003 but legal action challenging thecross intervened for years. The original wooden cross erected in 1934 was later replaced with one made ofsteel pipes. It was stolen in 2010. Wow! A court decision in favor of anything related to Christianity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted April 26, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.10 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 This is a bit of good news..... Settlement OK'd over Mojave cross on U.S. land AssociatedPress - 4/25/2012 10:20:00 AM LOSANGELES - A federal judge has approved a land-swap to settle a lawsuit over aremote site in the Mojave National Preserve where war memorial crosses havebeen erected for decades. The settlement announced Tuesday calls for the site at SunriseRock to be turned over to a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Barstow,California, in exchange for five acres of donated land. (See earlier story) KellyShackelford, president of Liberty Institute. "We've got now a step closerto I think what will be a great victory for our veterans," he tellsAssociated Press. "We now have a final order from the court, and it's justa matter now of getting the land transferred -- and as soon as that happens,the veterans are going to put that memorial back up as it has been since 1934." The National Park Service said it hopes to complete the swap by year's end,allowing the VFW to once more erect a cross on the site. The most recentpermanent cross was stolen and a replacement was removed to comply with a courtinjunction. Shackelford explains that in the past, vandals have destroyed the cross."So right now what you would have if you went out to look at the memorialis you would see a national veterans memorial sitting in a vandalized andtorn-down state," he says. The land swap was ordered by Congress in 2003 but legal action challenging thecross intervened for years. The original wooden cross erected in 1934 was later replaced with one made ofsteel pipes. It was stolen in 2010. Wow! A court decision in favor of anything related to Christianity! Pretty awesome right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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