Saturday, September 24, 2011

Atheist Takes City to Court over Seal with Cross; Court Had Ruled That Zion, Ill. Seal Be Removed

The Christian post website reports today (September 24, 2011) that atheist Rob Sherman has filed a contempt of court motion in a federal court against the city of Zion, Illinois for using an old and banned version of the city seal that contains a cross.

Sherman filed his motion after an ad in the Lake County News-Sun last week featured the earlier city seal containing a cross, a dove, and the phrase "God Reigns."

In 1991, a U.S. appellate court ruled that the city seal violated the principle of church and state, and that the Christian symbols must be removed.

The ruling concerned a 1987 lawsuit against the seal by the Illinois chapter of American Atheists, which was then led by Sherman, a Buffalo Grove resident.

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