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...dramatic, because they don't involve concrete objects, or in some case language, that is seen as symbolic of the country's Christian heritage, and where people feel they are being challenged at the very root of their value systems: 'You can't take down MY cross. You can't take away MY 10 Commandments.' The people who bring these cases usually feel just as strongly that they have to take a stand for "the system " of the law, even though they may not start out being able to articulate what they mean by that system and they...
...TIME: From the public servants who put up the cross or the monument...
...Diego Cross case, which was brought in 1989 and is still going on. The city lost each round in the legal battle. But each time they came up with a new strategy, most recently persuading members of Congress and President Bush to take over the site as a federal property. It's now back in federal court. I finally dropped out because we were getting threats and my wife was concerned for our children...
...Texas football game prayer case. The community was torn apart. The small group of parents and students who challenged the prayer were subjected to tremendous harassment. All the people involved were religious. But there were threats of shootings and cross burnings, and the minister of one of the girls who was in the case got up and berated her family from the pulpit. At the same time, I have a very eloquent interview with an engineer at DuPont who fought for the prayer. I've been to Northern Ireland, and it was a little like that: people on both sides...
...Given the circumstances, it seems almost foolish to ask if there's a line he would never cross. "I find myself constantly pushing that line. I keep telling myself it's just a game," Puchta says with a sigh, his voice fading out. A few months earlier, he had the distinction of being the first in the paparazzi pack to snap a young widow after her aging husband, a famous pop composer, had blown his brains out. That "coup" did not make him feel especially proud. "A trained monkey can do it," says the tabloid lensman. "This is not photography...