Calif. Supreme Court refuses to hear Mt. Soledad cross case

SAN DIEGO (BP)--In another victory for supporters of the Mt. Soledad cross war memorial in San Diego, the California Supreme Court said Feb. 21 that it will not hear an appeal on Proposition A, a ballot measure approved by voters in 2005 that transferred the land beneath the cross to the federal government.

A California appeals court had ruled unanimously in November that the measure was legal, after a Superior Court judge had ruled in October 2005 that the measure was unconstitutional because it violated the ban on government preference or aid to religion.

Lawyers for Philip Paulson -- the atheist who sued 17 years ago to have the cross removed -- asked the state Supreme Court to review the appeals court ruling, but the justices refused.

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