FFRF filed this amicus brief in collaboration with four other secular groups in opposition to a 40-foot cross on public land in Maryland. The Bladensburg cross was originally erected as a war memorial for those who died in the first World War. This brief argued that the monument was not constitutional or representative of the faith backgrounds of veterans it claimed to represent.
Counsel of record on this brief was Robert Loeb of Orrick, Herrington, and Sutcliffe LLP. FFRF was joined by the Center for Inquiry, American Atheists, Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers, and the Secular Coalition for America in signing onto this brief. FFRF previously filed an amicus brief with CFI when this case was before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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