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12-JUN-2005 Kenny Carter

The View from I-75

This huge cross is off of I-75 exit 141 in Campbell County, Tennessee, and stands 101 feet, 6 inches from the ground.

Rev. James Potter Being Sued for Erecting a Ninety Foot Cross Next to Interstate Highway - 21 Nov 2003

...The Rev. James Potter of Oneida, Tennessee, is being sued by Anderson County officials for violating zoning codes and a stop-work order and proceeding to set up a 50-foot cross beside an interstate highway in his area. Associated Press reports that the property owner, who is leasing to Potter the land beside Interstate 75 on which he erected the cross, is also named in the lawsuit. According to the complaint filed against them, the owner and the preacher have discussed extending the cross to 90 feet high and adding electric lighting to illuminate it. Potter, who previously erected a similar large cross next to I-75 in Loudon, Tennessee, told the Knoxville News Sentinel newspaper that he is glad the authorities are suing him. He claims they, not he, are the ones violating the U.S. Constitution. According to reports by The Oak Ridger, Potter's has repeatedly attempted to get official permission for his cross construction project from zoning board officials and County commissioners, but has been met with repeated rejections. After one public discussion, he appealed to local law, citing the section of the Declaration of Rights in the Tennessee Blue Book that states "all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own conscience; ... that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience."

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