Mojave Cross Will Stay

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A federal judge has ruled that a cross, erected as a war memorial in the Mojave Desert, can remain standing. U.S District Judge Robert Timlin decided that the Congressional transfer of land on which the cross sits from the National Park Service to the Veterans of Foreign Wars is constitutional.

The cross was installed in the 1930′s atop Sunrise Rock as a tribute to veterans of World War I. The ACLU filed suit in 2003, arguing that the presence of the cross on federal land amounted to an unconstitutional establishment of religion.

Under the agreement, the National Park Service will receive five acres of land in the area, and the one acre surrounding the site of the cross will be deeded to the VFW post in Barstow, California.

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Proverbs 14:9

Fools mock at sin, But among the upright there is favor.(NKJV)

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