In Weinbaum v. City of Las Cruces, the Tenth Circuit affirmed a DCT opinion rejecting a constitutional challenge to the placement of three crosses in the City of Las Cruces (The Crosses). In part, the court focused on the chamber of commerce’s argument that the three crosses had significance due to the history of the city and the joining of Indian, Latino/a, and Anglo cultures:
Other entities in Las Cruces have also adopted crosses as part of their trade dress. For example, the Chamber of Commerce adopted a symbol with three crosses in 1970, explaining: “The three crosses were joined at the ends of the transverse bars and at the top of the uprights to combine forever the three cultures basic to the area–Indian, Latin, and Anglo.” Many businesses in the area similarly include three crosses in their logos. [opinion at 10]
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It is interesting that you would post anything about our battle in Las Cruces for not only freedom of religion, but freedom from religion on the public square and in the public schools. I very accidentally found this site having never been contacted by any national group as to what the truth is. The local federal District Court Judge Robert Brack claimed “I am a Christian.” to justify his preaching in court and his refusal to recuse himself.
I am not a lawyer, but I ‘defeated’ the local federal court in the case of Weinbaum v. Las Cruces Public Schools. I never lied, but the court lied and accepted the lies from the defense ‘team.’
One laugh for you is the local university professor, Jon Hunner, who claimed to be a local historical expert, was appointed so by the court, and he wrote that the Native American symbols on the Oklahoma state flag justified the use of Latin crosses by the City of Las Cruces. And the whole time the City has claimed the name came from grave markers. Of course it’s all fakelore.