Question

7. When Oumar sold his land to the federal government, the government allowed for the cross that signified Christianity to remain there. A Hindu passed by the land and took the government to court to have the cross removed. What is the issue before the court?

Answer 1

1- CHRISTIAN STATE-

1- A Christian State is a country that recognizes a form of Christianity as its official religion and often has a state church. ( Also called an established church), which is a Christian denomination that supports the government and is supported by the government.

2-On Wednesday, the district administration removed an illegal Christian Cross and a statue if Jesus Christ , which was put up, on Susai Paliya Hill in Chikkaballapur in karnataka. The action was taken, following the order of the Karnataka High court in response to a public interest litigation.

3-The Government allowed for the cross that signified Christianity to remain there as Oumar sold his land to the federal government. The U.S. Government cannot trade a parcel of land to private hands to allow a Christian cross to remain in the middle of a vast federal preserve, a U.S appeals court ruled on Thursday.

4-The supreme court on Friday reaffirmed its February 2018 rulling on section 24 on land acquisition compensation awards, given by a three - judge bench, led by Justice Arun Mishra, in the Indore Development Authority case .

5- At issue is the Establishment Clause of the U.S Constitution, which bars the government from favouring any one religion, as it applies to a lone white metal .

6-Latin cross in the Mojave National Preserve in Southern California between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

7-In 2004, the 9th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a cross on a prominent rock on public land was unconstitutional, prompting Congress to pass a law allowing a trade so its immediate area would become private land.

8-Freedom of religion or religious liberty is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, workshop, and observance. It also includes the freedom to change one's religion or beliefs, the right not to profess any religion or belief or not to practise a religion.

9- A movement for religious rights is transforming the place of religion in American public life.

10-From the 1960s until very recently liberals successfully argued at the Supreme Court that the tyranny of the majority cannot define the lives and experiences of secular citizens.

11-Religious freedom prevents the cultural majority from using the power of the state to impose their beliefs on others.

12-This protects everyone- religious and nonreligious alike- from the government becoming so powerful that it can tell people what to think and how to act.Conscience is the individual's most sacred right .