Engineer Battles for the Cross in Redlands' Seal (ACLU ALERT)

Los Angeles Times ^ | June 2, 2005 | Ashley Powers

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The city removed the Christian symbol from its sign after the ACLU complained, citing 1st Amendment concerns.

A Scott Siegel tour of downtown Redlands is a game of what's missing.

He whisks past stone-tiled City Hall in favor of a second-story window at the drab public-works building. "Look!" he says pointing to the window. There, like a coffee-cup ring on a table, is a faint gray circle.

He walks into the Fire Department. "Hey, can I see someone's badge?" he asks. A firefighter shows where someone drilled a nail-sized hole into the badge.

What's missing?

A cross.

In this former citrus town of 66,000 residents in San Bernardino County, Siegel is the cross guy, bound and determined to reaffix the Christian symbol on the lower-right quadrant of the city seal. The City Council removed it last year, after complaints by the American Civil Liberties Union.

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Another cross falling victim to the ACLU. When will Americans say this is enough?

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Anti Christian Losers United

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"A firefighter shows where someone drilled a nail-sized hole into the badge.
What's missing?
A cross."

The irony, of course, being wasted on the City of Redlands.

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YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS OUTRAGE NOW!

By supporting a new bill recently introduced, you can help cut off taxpayer support of the ACLU:

Public Expression of Religion Act of 2005

Information here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1413875/posts

There you will find information about the bill, links to contact your congressmen and state representatives, and links to Stop the ACLU, among others.

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""It's not so much an overzealous commitment to the cross, but he doesn't want the ACLU to come in and force the town to do something," Kettering said. "He thought it was immoral that a city that would otherwise keep the cross would have to take it down because of bully tactics. He's said if the orange were taken off the seal, he'd be just as upset."

That's it.