Couldn't They Ward Off the Power of the Symbol by Wearing Garlic?

Certain groups of individuals get their tails in quite a knot when they spot a cross, or a replica of the ten commandments, or some such quasi religious symbol, innocuously displayed on some state controlled edifice.  I’m not quite certain why, though I know the separation arguments.  But when I think about this, I often wonder if the innocuous symbol is somehow subliminally sending a convert to Christianity or die message, that I cannot hear.

"The American Civil Liberties Union wants to take religion out of the Los Angeles County seal. . . .

At issue is the seal designed by the late Supervisor Kenneth Hahn that contains a tiny cross symbolic of the Catholic missions that are so much a part of the county’s history."

The above quote is from an LA Times story which you can access from The Volokh Conspiracy, and which will also provide you with a replica of the offending seal.

Via Hit & Run.

Posted by on 05/26 at 06:09 AM

  1. “Certain groups of individuals get their tails in quite a knot when they spot a cross, or a replica of the ten commandments, or some such quasi religious symbol, innocuously displayed on some state controlled edifice.”

    And those selfsame assholes never bother to think twice about the “submit or die” message that the US flags that hang in those courtrooms represent, nor do they compare the relative attitudes and behaviors of Christians and the Federal Government over the past couple of centuries.

    Posted by John Lopez  on  05/26  at  07:33 PM

  2. I don’t really care about the symbols.  But it seems to me, we should allow equal time.  Pentagrams in the Oval Orifice and satanists leading the Senate prayers!

    Posted by seditious_nick  on  05/27  at  07:40 AM

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