Secular Courts Preserve Cross as Cultural Relic While Christ’s Kingship Remains Exiled
EWTN News portal reports that a federal appeals court has permitted a historic cross and Nativity display to remain in a Los Angeles public plaza, framing the decision as a victory for “religious liberty.” The 9th Circuit ruled against an atheist plaintiff who claimed the monuments violated the Establishment Clause, dismissing his suit for lack of standing and irreparable harm. Merchants on Olvera Street attempted to intervene, arguing the displays “ennoble Americans across all ethnicities, faiths, cultures, and generations,” but the court deemed their participation moot. The religious liberty law firm Becket hailed the ruling as “common sense,” asserting that the public square “naturally bears the marks of that diversity.” This capitulation to secular jurisprudence, celebrated by the conciliar media as a triumph, exposes the utter bankruptcy of the post-conciliar strategy: the Cross of Christ is reduced to a cultural artifact, His Kingship is denied in the public order, and the enemies of God are appeased by the very language of “pluralism” and “inclusion.”