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Once again, if this cross were allowed to fall, then you could see arlington, some of the cros is there are troubled. in my home state of west virginia, weather in elkins of the state capitol, there are a number of capitals that could fall because this starts to stretch first jurisprudence and not the way the founders intended. >> that's just ridiculous because we have worked with arlington national cemetery to make sure that you human nests and other non-christians. we want a variety of symbols on tombstones because we want to honor them all. those four memorials that are cross the street fro...

Hindus, buddhists,, atheists, everybody. we wanted to honor them all. that is the whole point of our case. >> lisa: but it is a memorial honoring them all, the people who passed away. >> no, it is not honoring them all. it is a christian cross that is 40 feet high. illuminated at night, you drive by it. i >> lisa: i don't care if it is 1 feet high, is honoring people who lost their lives. i want to go to the attorney general on this. a lower court ruled in favor of fred and his group, but you are leading the charge along with 30 states, filing an amicus brief with the supreme court, arguing ag...

American humanist association and a plaintiff in the case. fred, i want to start with you. why are you against a memorial that honors those who paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect freedom like the first amendment? >> because we want to honor them all. that is our main thrust. we even have a hashtag, #honorthemall. it because we feel, and we recognize, that a 40-foot tall latin cross on government land broadcast clearly that only christian soldiers are being honored. >> lisa: fred, it is honoring all of the men who died, listed on that memorial. how is it honoring them to remove it? that doe...

To honor and the constitutional ideals including in the first amendment bay guide to defend. west virginia's attorney genera who led the group of 30 states and challenging the lower court said we owe a great deal of gratitude to the brave men and women who sacrificed everything for our country honoring that sacrifice the memorial could include religious symbols does not violate the u.s. constitution and is one of the many freedoms these men and women fought to preserve. the challenge of the began with the american humanist association. a nonprofit eight years organization that has of course fi...

All veterans include muslims, hindus, buddhists,, atheists, and we want to honor them all. that is the whole point of our case. >> it is a memorial honoring th people on the memorial. >> no, it is not honoring them all. it is a christian cross that is 40 feet high. illuminated at night, that you drive by it. >> i don't care if it's 1 feet high. it honoring people that lost their lives. i want to go to the attorney general on this break the lower court ruled in favor of fred an his group, you are leading the charge along with 30 states filing a brief to the supreme court arguing against what th...