Judge bans Christian cross from LA County seal

Posted by | April 8, 2016 15:28 | Filed under: Religion


No, you can’t represent just Christianity on the county seal of Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles county seal appears on flags and government buildings across the county and has been critisised for only representing Christianity (AFP Photo/Mark Ralston)More
Los Angeles (AFP) – A federal judge in California has ruled that including a small Christian cross on the official seal of Los Angeles County is unconstitutional, siding with civil liberties advocates.

Thursday’s decision, following a two-year legal battle, was handed down by US District Judge Christina Snyder, who said that including the religious emblem in the government symbol “places the county’s power, prestige and purse behind a single religion, Christianity.”

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6 responses to Judge bans Christian cross from LA County seal

  1. KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker April 8th, 2016 at 16:03

    This is progress.
    Good to see someone standing up for the constitution.

    • mistlesuede April 8th, 2016 at 17:49

      She will probably receive threats now, right?

  2. Jimmy Fleck April 8th, 2016 at 17:46

    Perhaps they should change the name of the city as well. “The Angels” seems a little too religious to me.

  3. mistlesuede April 8th, 2016 at 17:48

    Oh boy. I can just imagine this will unleash the crazy Christian’s war on flags element!

  4. StoneyCurtisll April 8th, 2016 at 21:25

    He should have banned the oil derricks while he was at it…;)
    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Wooden_Derick_-_Kern_West_Oil_Museum_%283355730344%29.jpg

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