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	Mount Soledad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mount Soledad is a prominent landmark in the city of San Diego, California.
		The Mt. Soledad Easter Cross is not a sacred symbol for non-Christian veterans, and it may be cogently argued that the presence of the Mt. Soledad Easter Cross demeans non-Christians with second-class citizenship status in their own country.
		The City and the Mount Soledad Memorial Association petitioned the Court for reconsideration and/or rehearing, which was denied on October 22, 2002.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Soledad (3546 words)

	Michael Worth: Mount Soledad
		Mount Soledad is a war memorial that honors our fallen heroes.
		The cross is but a part of the war memorial at Mount Soledad.
		The 15-year battle to remove the cross is coming to an end, and this may be your last opportunity to enjoy the memorial as it was originally intended to be.
	www.michaelworth.com /mount_soledad.shtml (885 words)

	Humanist Philosophy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The property upon which the Mt. Soledad Easter Cross is affixed sits a 29-feet high Latin cross over a 14-feet high concrete stepped platform on top of approximately one-half an acre of land at the apex of the Mount Soledad Natural Park.
		Soledad Easter Cross is "unconstitutional" by reading both the letter and the intent of the Federal and State Constitutions.
		The Mt. Soledad cross burning was a hateful act against a Black family living near there back in 1923, but also the discrimination that Jewish people had to suffer in La Jolla was also hateful and inexcusable.
	members.cox.net /humanist (1212 words)

	The Double Cross Double Cross
		The Mt. Soledad Memorial Association holds title to a small parcel of land at the apex of the Mt. Soledad Public Park.
		Soledad is a contrivance calculated to frustrate Judge Gordon Thompson's Injunction.
		However, when one drives up to the park entrance and views the Mt. Soledad Nature Park sign, one would have to strain their eyes to view the cross as anything but a preference for only Christian war casualties to be honored.
	www.godless.org /eth/Soledad.html (3124 words)

	Push to OK Mount Soledad cross issue is on \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Proposition A asks voters on July 26 to authorize the San Diego City Council to donate the disputed Mount Soledad cross site to the federal government in an attempt to bypass a federal court ruling that the religious symbol's presence on city land violates the state constitution.
		Gross, the spokesman for an organization called San Diegans for the Mount Soledad National War Memorial, is helping raise money and persuade voters to back Proposition A through a flurry of mail that has already begun and radio spots planned closer to the election.
		And the Mount Soledad Memorial Association, which built and maintains the cross, questions whether the transfer would allow it to operate the memorial the same way.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050710/news_1m10soledad.html (1432 words)

	Sign On San Diego . com > San Diego Attractions - Guide to San Diego attractions and things to do.
		Soon after, the Mount Soledad Memorial Association erected the current cross to commemorate soldiers of the Korean and two world wars.
		The cross has been the subject of controversy, but the problem appeared to be solved when, in the late 1990s, the San Diego City Council sold the cross and the half-acre of land surrounding it to the Memorial Association.
		Mount Soledad is a perfect stop along the 59-mile scenic drive through San Diego County.
	entertainment.signonsandiego.com /profile/91675 (384 words)

	ACLJ \| American Center for Law & Justice
		Supporters of the Mount Soledad cross kicked efforts into high gear after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals June 21 chose not to suspend a $5,000 daily fine that a federal judge will impose if the cross is not moved by Aug. 1.
		Liberty Legal Institute represents the American Legion and filed the brief jointly with the California American Legion, which is represented in the Mount Soledad case by the Alliance Defense Fund.
		Mount Soledad has penetrated all three branches of government in Washington, with President Bush and the House of Representatives said to be considering action on the case in addition to the Supreme Court.
	www.aclj.org /news/Read.aspx?ID=2323 (1012 words)

	Paulson v. City of San Diego
		We are presented with the issue of whether the presence of a Latin cross on private property surrounded by publicly maintained park land atop Mount Soledad in San Diego, California, violates the California and United States Constitutions.
		Mount Soledad Natural Park is approximately 170 acres of land forming a mountain with a flat cleared area at the top.
		Even an observer who is aware of the cross' s history on Mount Soledad would recognize that the procedurally neutral sale offered a possibility that a private buyer would remove rather than retain the cross.
	www.law.com /regionals/ca/opinions/aug/0055406.shtml (4479 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro -- Council can't reach decision on Mount Soledad cross
		The alternative plan before the council would be to move the cross to nearby Mt. Soledad Presbyterian Church and build a memorial on the site where the cross now sits.
		That plan was the result of a settlement deal reached between the war memorial association and James McElroy, the attorney for the man who sued the city over the legality of the cross.
		The Mt. Soledad War Memorial Association made the highest bid of $106,000 and took title to the property in 1998.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/metro/20040720-1947-soledad.html (713 words)

	La Jolla Light - La Jolla's Source for Local News Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Onsite parking at the Mount Soledad site on Nov. 11 is limited for the handicapped, but free parking is available on roads leading to the site and at Mount Soledad Presbyterian Church at 6551 Soledad Mountain Road, and at All Hallows Catholic Church at 6602 La Jolla Scenic Drive South.
		The Mount Soledad Memorial Association, founded 52 years ago to honor our nation's vets, is a non-profit organization that is responsible for building and maintaining the 43-foot-high concrete cross monument erected to honor Korean War veterans in 1954.
		Since 2001, Mount Soledad vets have installed memorial walls on the site surrounding the cross with more than 1,600 fl granite memorial plaques honoring veterans alive and deceased.
	www.lajollalight.com /2004/11/11/n041111a_time.html (1889 words)

	Mount Soledad - San Diego, CA - Associated Content
		Mount Soledad is a memorial for the men and women who served our country in the times of war.
		Mount Soledad is a memorial, dedicated to the men and women who had served our country in the time of war.
		As you walk closer and closer to the cross, you start to realize that at the foot of this enormous cross, pictures and biographies were plaqued out into the stairwall of the monument.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/4295/mount_soledad_san_diego_ca.html (486 words)

	FOX6 San Diego - Mount Soledad Cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The city of San Diego's proposed transfer of the Mount Soledad cross to the federal government is unconstitutional, a judge ruled Friday, adding another twist to a 16-year legal battle.
		The transfer was simply an effort to preserve a religious symbol on the Mount Soledad property, the judge ruled.
		Charles Berwanger, attorney for the Mount Soledad Memorial Association, told the judge during final arguments that the cross and the 1/2-acre of land surrounding it was designed to honor veterans.
	www.fox6.com /news/local/story.aspx?content_id=D317D8BE-7412-4CCD-8066-D27A458BF05E (559 words)

	A call to Christian civil disobedience in San Diego (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		When the cross was erected on Mount Soledad in 1954, it was a symbol of the rich Christian past of San Diego, but it later became identified with the sacrifice of American fighting men and women.
		But the Mount Soledad battle should not be about a cross made of stone, but about the loss of religious freedom in America and the decadence that has replaced it.
		The Mount Soledad cross is not about how some judge interpreted the California Constitution last week, but about the soul of San Diego, and about the visibility of faith and the faithful in America.
	www.assistnews.net /Stories/s06050026.htm (1439 words)

	Proposition K: Sale of a Portion of Mount Soledad Park - San Diego County, CA
		Proposition K: Sale of a Portion of Mount Soledad Park - San Diego County, CA This is an archive of a past election.
		The cross was constructed by the Mount Soledad Memorial Association [Association] and dedicated to military veterans in 1954.
		If the City acts on this authority and conducts a third sale of Mount Soledad parkland, the City first would lease the property around the veterans' memorial to the Association and then sell a portion of parkland around the cross and the memorial to the highest bidder.
	www.smartvoter.org /2004/11/02/ca/sd/prop/K (678 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Congress gets into ACLU cross brouhaha
		Phillip Paulson is the atheist who has mounted a 15-year legal battle – with help from the American Civil Liberties Union – to remove the cross.
		As WorldNetDaily reported, earlier this year the Mt. Soledad Memorial Association made a private agreement with the ACLU to remove the cross and relocate it to private property – provoking a lawsuit by a former Navy pilot.
		In 1998, the city sold the property to the Mt. Soledad War Memorial Association, which again was challenged in court.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41617 (564 words)

	The Unalienable Right » hate groups
		Lawyers for San Diegans for the Mount Soledad National War Memorial said in an appeal that they wanted to avoid the "destruction of this national treasure." And attorneys for the city said the cross was part of a broader memorial that was important to the community.
		The Indepundit provides an update on the effort to save the Mt. Soledad war memorial cross in San Diego from the attempts by the enemies of American culture and history on the radical secularist left to tear it down.
		Thompson ruled in 1991 the Mount Soledad cross violates the so-called "separation of church and state" but the case has remained in courts and become an issue of public policy for more than a decade.
	www.federalistjournal.com /fedblog?cat=9 (2355 words)

	Visit La Jolla beaches and Torry Pines glider port. See the view of LaJolla Shores from Mt. Soledad
		Mount Soledad — towering more than 800 feet above sea level — provides 360° views of the scenic San Diego coastline, La Jolla Shores, Torrey Pines and Orange County to the north, San Diego highrises and Mexico to the south and, on a clear day, snow capped mountains beyond I5 to the east.
		Serving as a war memorial since 1952, the Mount Soledad Cross has become a flashpoint for controversy about separation of church and state, free speech, freedom of religion and inter-community power struggles.
		Soledad Memorial Association — a non profit organization — constructed the monument in 1954 and continues to administer and improve the monument and adjacent Soledad Natural Park.
	www.inetours.com /San_Diego/La_Jolla-2.html (629 words)

	Efforts to Save Mount Soledad Memorial Face Deadline -- 07/02/2006
		The Mount Soledad cross was built in 1954 as a memorial to Korean War casualties and veterans.
		In response, the city sold the land to the Mount Soledad Memorial Association, but that sale was later ruled unconstitutional.
		The legal battle continued for more than a decade as further sales and other efforts to protect the monument were ruled unconstitutional, including a proposal to transfer the memorial to the federal government, which was supported by a 76 percent margin of voters in July 2005.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200607/CUL20060702a.html (1000 words)

	Judge: Ballot measure on mount soledad cross properly placed on the ballot North County Times - North San Diego and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		SAN DIEGO -- A judge ruled Wednesday that a proposal to keep a 43-foot cross atop Mount Soledad by having the city of San Diego donate surrounding land to the federal government may be placed on the July 26 ballot.
		Phil Thalheimer, chairman of San Diegans for the Mount Soledad National War Memorial, told reporters he was "delighted" that the judge was letting the issue remain on the ballot.
		A 16-year battle over the Mount Soledad cross began when Paulson sued the city, arguing that the religious symbol's presence on public land violated separation of church and state provisions in both the U.S. and California constitutions.
	www.nctimes.com /articles/2005/07/14/news/sandiego/17_30_207_13_05.txt (586 words)

	Mt. Soledad Cross Controversy
		In the decade-long controversy, Thompson first ruled that it was unconstitutional for the cross to be on public land.
		After that decision was affirmed in the appeals process, the city attempted to sell a small parcel of land around the cross to the Mount Soledad Memorial Association so that the cross could be left up.
		When the bids were opened last year, the Mount Soledad Memorial Association was high bidder with $106,000, followed by bids for $100,000 by Horizon Christian Fellowship; National League for Separation of Church and State $65,000; and the Freedom from Religion Foundation $25,000.
	www.jewishsightseeing.com /usa/california/san_diego/mount_soledad/19990924-cross_controversy.htm (418 words)

	Stop The ACLU » Blog Archive » Attacking Jesus? Mt. Soledad Cross Unconstituional (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This ruling is a slap in the face to both veterans and voters-seventy-five percent of whom voted to keep Mount Soledad as it is, where it is. This smacks of the worst kind of judicial activism.
		In 1954, a cross was erected on Mount Soledad to honor veterans of the Korean War.
		In the Mt. Soledad case, the ACLU attorney James McElroy expressed his disdain for the majority when he said after the vote: “It still doesn’t mean a damn thing.
	stoptheaclu.com /archives/2005/10/07/attacking-jesus-mt-soledad-cross-unconstituional (3638 words)

	High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network
		Three HPWREN antennas were recently mounted on the California Department of Forestry tower atop Red Mountain.
		Additional connectivity from Mount Soledad to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography will be used, in anticipation of earthquake sensors that are expected to be connected soon.
		Additional photographs regarding Mount Soledad are available at http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/Photos/sites.html#Soledad.
	hpwren.ucsd.edu /news/010827.html (284 words)

	American Family Association - AgapePress news
		The 29-foot cross has stood on Mt. Soledad as the centerpiece of a war memorial on city-owned land since 1954.
		However, a group known as San Diegans for the Mount Soledad National War Memorial has indicated it might be willing to help the city financially with the appeal and any fines resulting in the meantime.
		According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Mount Soledad Memorial Association is making plans to move the cross to private property nearby.
	headlines.agapepress.org /archive/5/afa/52006a.asp (613 words)

	Crosswalk.com - Congress Tries to Save Mt. Soledad Cross
		Congress has now joined the fight to keep the cross where it is by designating the land on which it stands -- and the granite walls surrounding it -- as a national veterans' memorial.
		Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel of the Law Center, said, "Those who want the Mt. Soledad cross removed erroneously base their case on the 'separation of church and state,' a phrase found nowhere in the Constitution.
		But defenders of the Mt. Soledad cross acknowledge the battle is far from over.
	www.crosswalk.com /news/1298390.html (535 words)

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