Cross banned in Redlands, California

Cross banned in Redlands, California...

“Wear your crucifix about your neck with pride. Are you ashamed to make it known that you are with My Son?" - Our Lady, October 6, 1974

Fox News reported on May 5, 2004:

REDLANDS, Calif. For the past 40 years, the cross has been a part of the city logo of Redlands, Calif.
     It appears on government buildings, official stationary and police uniforms, but according to the American Civil Liberties Union, it has to go.
     "For a city seal to contain a sectarian religious symbol that reflects the views of only one segment of the community reflects an endorsement of a religion, and it's not constitutional," said Ben Wisner of the ACLU.
     Faced with the threat of a lawsuit, the city backed down, covering the cross with blue tape and erasing it from business cards.
     "The city council has a budget crunch, it could run up to 50 to 60 thousand dollars in costs so the city council made the decision that the manager ought to continue removing the cross. It was just not worth the money or the effort," said Dan McHugh, Redlands city attorney.
     This case is just one of many similar battles the ACLU is fighting around the country, forcing cities to remove religious symbols from civic life.

“Learn a simple lesson from the past, My children. When the morals of a country stare to go down into darkness, and the teachings turn from God to man, that country will soon be ended. First the spiritual life and then the material life of your country shall be destroyed.” - Jesus October 2, 1976

Directives from Heaven... http://www.tldm.org/directives/directives.htm
D74 - The Crucifix PDF
D134 - U.S. Government Leaders PDF
D158 - America the Beautiful PDF

Articles...

Separation of Church and State: "a fatal error"
http://www.tldm.org/News6/separation.htm

Catholics who vote pro-abortion commit a mortal sin
http://www.tldm.org/News6/VotingPro-ChoiceJohnKerry.htm

Links...
Religious symbol erased in California, Fox News, May 5, 2004
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119035,00.html

United States not founded on absolute Church-State separation (dissent of Justice William Rehnquist)
http://www.belcherfoundation.org/wallace_v_jaffree_dissent.htm

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