Court: San Diego Veteran Memorial Cross Must Come Down

ANN ARBOR, MI, June 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A three–judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to stay Federal District Judge Gordon Thompson’s order to remove San Diego’s Mt. Soledad Cross pending an appeal.

According to a court order, the City of San Diego must remove the Cross by August 1, 2006, or face fines of $5,000 per day thereafter. In its decision, however, the Ninth Circuit scheduled oral arguments on the matter for the week of October 16, 2006, weeks after the Cross is to be removed.