Preservation of San Diego’s Memorial Cross Supported by Voters

This just in from KESQ NewsChannel 3 and other sources:

SAN DIEGO San Diego voters have approved a ballot measure aimed at keeping a 29-foot cross erected to honor Korean War veterans at its location on a city-owned hilltop.

A judge ruled that the measure needed two-thirds of the vote to pass. With 68 percent of precincts reporting, more than three out of four voters favored the transfer.

The Mount Soledad cross has been the subject of a 15-year legal battle over whether the cross’ presence on city-owned parkland violated the separation of church and state.

The measure, which could face a court challenge, aimed to preserve the cross by transfering the cross and surrounding land to the U-S Interior Department as a national veterans memorial.

Roger Hedgecock, who is based in San Diego and is filling in for Rush Limbaugh today, reported that 76% of voters supported the measure.

Is this a small victory for Christianity in America, that, through the likes of the ACLU, has been thrust from the public square for years? We’ll see… there is cause to be a little optimistic. I do expect a furious battle, though.

Photo courtesy of the San Diego Union Tribune

Cross-posted at TMH’s Bacon Bits