Fr. Mark Hodges
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, October 26, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – The governor of Maryland is now involved in defending the 92-year-old World War I memorial “Peace Cross.”
On Tuesday, Gov. Larry Hogan directed Attorney General Brian Frosh to file a “friend-of-the-court” brief after the American Humanist Association won its lawsuit to have the structure removed or demolished. The American Legion is appealing the Fourth Circuit’s decision.
“The conclusion that this memorial honoring veterans violates the Establishment clause offends common sense, is an affront to all veterans, and should not be allowed to stand,” the Republican governor wrote to the Democratic attorney general. “I believe, very strongly, that this cherished community memorial does not violate the Constitution. Your office will be Maryland’s legal voice in this important litigation.”
Frosh’s office has only said that the attorney general is “reviewing” the governor’s letter.
Set on a major thoroughfare just outside Washington, D.C., the 1925 monument does not depict, quote, or mention Jesus. “It is merely its shape that the Humanists find offensive,” the Baltimore Sun explained.
A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to overrule a lower district court that upheld the
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