Supreme Court to balance history, religion in deciding fate of Peace Cross monument
By Robert Barnes Robert Barnes Reporter covering the U.S. Supreme Court Email Bio Follow February 27 at 12:40 PM A majority of the Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed to be searching for a way — a narrow way, most likely — to allow a historic cross commemorating World War I dead to remain where it has stood for nearly 100 years. Two of the court’s four liberals suggested the unique history of the Peace Cross in the Washington suburb of Bladensburg, Md.
What if the court said, “Yes. Okay. No more,” he said, adding “We’re a different country now.” Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg seemed to think there was no way to disconnect the preeminent symbol of Christianity from its religious roots. Christians wear the cross as a symbol of their devotion, Ginsburg said. And Sotomayor said the size of the cross “dwarfs buildings, it dwarfs people.
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