Can Government Give One Religion’s Symbol Prominence in a Public Park?

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On Oct. 7, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Salazar v. Buono, a case involving a constitutional challenge to the presence of an eight-foot-tall Christian cross in the Mojave National Preserve in San Bernardino County, California. After eight years of litigation in lower courts, the case …