Groups Hail New Ruling on Mount Soledad Cross Dispute

" 'Memorials like the one at Mount Soledad are a tribute to our nation's veterans,' said Tim Chandler, legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), who called the case 'part of the crusade against a memorial beloved by [veterans] and their families.'

'Now that the cross is clearly under federal control, the 9th Circuit agreed that, with regard to this lawsuit, it was time to end the ACLU's protracted legal attack on this symbol dedicated to our nation's fallen heroes,' Chandler said."

But the fight is not over. The "Anti-Christian Litigation Union" (ACLU), having lost that fight involving the city will now turn its attention and bring suit against the Federal Government.

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Richard Thompson, the President and Chief Counsel for the Thomas More Law Center, commented, “We welcome this ruling. But the battle to save the Mt. Soledad veterans memorial is not over. The ACLU, displaying it zealous anti-Christian animosity, filed a new lawsuit to remove the Mt. Soledad Cross—this time against the federal government. We must now turn our resources toward defeating them again. We are committed to that task.”