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The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow a 43-foot-tall cross that serves as a war memorial to remain atop Mt. Soledad in San Diego, arguing that the cross has been there since 1954 and is not an endorsement of religion.<\/p>\n

The government should not be required \u201cto tear down a cross that has stood without incident for 58 years as a highly venerated memorial to the nation\u2019s fallen service members,\u201d Solicitor Gen. Donald B. Verrilli Jr. said in a new appeal to the high court.<\/p>\n

He urged the justices to reverse a decision last year by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that said the cross was primarily a Christian symbol and therefore unconstitutional. Its prominent display on public land in La Jolla amounted to an official \u201cendorsement of religion\u201d in violation of the 1st Amendment, the panel of judges said in a 3-0 ruling.<\/p>\n

If the Supreme Court takes up the case this year \u2014 which is likely \u2014 the justices could be forced to finally resolve whether religious symbols, such as crosses or depictions of the Ten Commandments, can be prominently displayed on public land.<\/p>\n

Two years ago, the high court rejected a challenge to the display of a small cross in the\u00a0Mojave National Preserve<\/a>, but the five justices in the majority disagreed on the reasons. The 9th Circuit\u2019s latest opinion mostly ignored that ruling.<\/p>\n

Since 1989, lawsuits from several veterans have challenged the Mt. Soledad cross, arguing that a single religious symbol did not speak for all veterans. But the San Diego city government and, more recently, Congress have intervened to preserve the cross.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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