The Supreme Court decided that removing a cross that has stood since 1925 in a Maryland highway would stoke religious discord
WASHINGTON--The Supreme Court voted 7-2 on Thursday to let a 40-foot cross remain on a Maryland highway median, concluding that the memorial to World War I’s fallen heros holds a secular meaning and does not violate the constitutional separation of church and state.
But there was no consensus for the court’s reasoning, with justices in the majority issuing six separate opinions, capped by an impassioned dissent from the two most liberal justices. The spectrum illustrated that deep disagreements over the intersection of government...
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