Tue Jul 31, 2012, 04:38 PM

rug (47,358 posts)

A tale of two logos: Atheist group targeting Wyoming goes after Ohio city over cross

Published: Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 2:25 PM Updated: Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 2:46 PM
By Garret Ellison | gellison@mlive.com

STEUBENVILLE, OHIO — An eastern Ohio town with a cross on its logo is standing its ground for the moment against the threat of legal action from the same Wisconsin atheist group taking a similar issue with the city seal in Wyoming.

Reporter David Gossett of The Herald Star newspaper in the Upper Ohio Valley reports that city leaders in Steubenville are holding off a prior decision to change the city logo after several attorneys offered the city free legal representation.

Both Wyoming and Steubenville have been targeted recently by the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) of Madison, Wis., which is demanding each city alter its respective logo to remove small depictions of a Christian cross.

The foundation faxed a letter to Wyoming Mayor Jack Poll on July 20 demanding the city change its “unconstitutional” logo, arguing that the addition of the church silhouette on a city insignia violates the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/07/a_tale_of_two_city_logos_athei.html

I wonder what they're doing for Alexander Aan.

34 replies, 1754 views

Reply to this thread

Always highlight: 10 newest replies | Replies posted after I mark a forum

Replies to this discussion thread

34 replies	Author	Time	Post
A tale of two logos: Atheist group targeting Wyoming goes after Ohio city over cross (Original post)	rug	Jul 2012	OP
"Jews, don't you come around here." The coded message from the past by displaying the cross	dballance	Jul 2012	#1
I've never heard that before. I that is so, why haven't Jewish groups protested this	cbayer	Jul 2012	#3
And gays.	Plantaganet	Aug 2012	#25
What's the RCC doing for Alexander Aan.	Goblinmonger	Jul 2012	#2
How does that answer my question?	rug	Aug 2012	#7
No, it points out that you were deflecting.	Goblinmonger	Aug 2012	#24
Here's an activity for those of you that aren't atheists	Goblinmonger	Jul 2012	#4
GAAAAH! My IQ just dropped fifteen points reading the comments there.	backscatter712	Jul 2012	#5
That's Fox News. They say worse about Obama.	rug	Aug 2012	#8
Would you dismiss hateful comments about any other minority group as blithely, rug?	trotsky	Aug 2012	#9
That is an obnoxious, and false, equivalence.	rug	Aug 2012	#10
So yeah, your hatred and contempt is reserved solely for atheists.	trotsky	Aug 2012	#11
You assume, again.	rug	Aug 2012	#12
Bullshit about what, rug?	trotsky	Aug 2012	#13
Hardly.	rug	Aug 2012	#14
So anti-atheist hatred that appears on a Fox website can't be used to demonstrate...	trotsky	Aug 2012	#15
It can in the sense that a bioposy of a suppurating sore shows disease.	rug	Aug 2012	#16
Just calling it as I see it.	trotsky	Aug 2012	#17
Feel free to do so.	rug	Aug 2012	#18
Rounds are over, it appears.	trotsky	Aug 2012	#19
As I told your friend, whose motto you've adopted,	rug	Aug 2012	#20
Are you calling me a bigot? n/t	trotsky	Aug 2012	#21
Go ahead. Give a non-bigoted meaning to that phrase.	rug	Aug 2012	#22
Boxing.	trotsky	Aug 2012	#23
Ah, you were referring to puglistics.	rug	Aug 2012	#26
It's not heard in psychiatric wards either. It would be arrogant to dismiss anyone in such a way,	cbayer	Aug 2012	#27
So, are you calling me a bigot?	trotsky	Aug 2012	#28
It's widely used in forensics (as in debate, not criminal science) tournaments	Rob H.	Aug 2012	#29
It was described by a frequent poster here as something he learned while	cbayer	Aug 2012	#30
And that's their business. I'm not using it that way here.	trotsky	Aug 2012	#31
here`s the laws and rulings....	madrchsod	Jul 2012	#6
City fathers of Steubenville bow to civil rights request............	dimbear	Aug 2012	#32
Thanks for the follow up. These cases have been really interesting.	cbayer	Aug 2012	#33
I don't see the FFRF announcing that.	rug	Aug 2012	#34

Response to rug (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 05:31 PM

dballance (3,753 posts)

1. "Jews, don't you come around here." The coded message from the past by displaying the cross

Someone correct me if I'm wrong. But as I understand it during our not too distant past towns displayed crosses in the town squares, on town seals, and in literature about the town as a coded message to Jews: "STAY AWAY."

A tale of two logos: Atheist group targeting Wyoming goes after Ohio city over cross

1. "Jews, don't you come around here." The coded message from the past by displaying the cross

3. I've never heard that before. I that is so, why haven't Jewish groups protested this

25. And gays.

2. What's the RCC doing for Alexander Aan.

7. How does that answer my question?

24. No, it points out that you were deflecting.

4. Here's an activity for those of you that aren't atheists

5. GAAAAH! My IQ just dropped fifteen points reading the comments there.

8. That's Fox News. They say worse about Obama.

9. Would you dismiss hateful comments about any other minority group as blithely, rug?

10. That is an obnoxious, and false, equivalence.

11. So yeah, your hatred and contempt is reserved solely for atheists.

12. You assume, again.

13. Bullshit about what, rug?

14. Hardly.

15. So anti-atheist hatred that appears on a Fox website can't be used to demonstrate...

16. It can in the sense that a bioposy of a suppurating sore shows disease.

17. Just calling it as I see it.

18. Feel free to do so.

19. Rounds are over, it appears.

20. As I told your friend, whose motto you've adopted,

21. Are you calling me a bigot? n/t

22. Go ahead. Give a non-bigoted meaning to that phrase.

23. Boxing.

26. Ah, you were referring to puglistics.

27. It's not heard in psychiatric wards either. It would be arrogant to dismiss anyone in such a way,

28. So, are you calling me a bigot?

29. It's widely used in forensics (as in debate, not criminal science) tournaments

30. It was described by a frequent poster here as something he learned while

31. And that's their business. I'm not using it that way here.

6. here`s the laws and rulings....

32. City fathers of Steubenville bow to civil rights request............

33. Thanks for the follow up. These cases have been really interesting.

34. I don't see the FFRF announcing that.