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The Supreme Court said on Thursday that a 40-foot cross on public land in Maryland that was built to honor fallen soldiers in World War I does not violate the separation between church and state and can remain standing.Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented from the 7-2 ruling in the case and took the unusual step of reading her dissent from the bench. Just as a Star of D
stanley cup avid is not suitable to honor Christians who died serving their country, so a cross is not suitable to honor those of other faiths who died defending their nation, Ginsburg wrote in her dissent. Soldiers of all faiths are united by their love of country, but they are not united by the cross. The American Legion built the so
stanley cups -called Peace Cross in 1925 to honor 49 local men who died serving in World War I. Mothers of the fallen soldiers designed the memorial to mirror the crosses that mark graves in American cemeteries overseas. This Memorial Cross Dedicated to the Heroes Of Prince George s County who gave their lives in the great war for the liberty of the world, a plaque reads.The cross was deeded to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Comm
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MILWAUKEE AP -- Milwaukee County has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past several years to cover the legal costs of lawsuits brought by the county sheriff.A federal judge this week tossed out Milwaukee County Sh
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