Supporters of a towering cross-shaped monument at a busy intersection in Maryland asked an appeals court on Wednesday to revisit a ruling that said it was unconstitutional to have the memorial on public land.

The request for a hearing by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit follows a decision last month by a three-judge panel that said the 40-foot-tall cross maintained with taxpayer funds “excessively entangles the government in religion” in violation of the First Amendment.

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