(RNS) Government leaders in Los Angeles County have voted a second time to remove a small cross from their county seal. The American Civil Liberties Union said the religious symbol in the government seal was unconstitutional.
During a raucous three-hour meeting on June 8, county supervisors voted 3-2 for the second time in as many weeks to remove the cross – meant to represent the Spanish missionaries who settled the area – from the seal.
The board voted June 1 to remove the cross. The seal, which appears on all county vehicles, meeting rooms and employee badges, also features a Spanish galleon, a tuna, a dairy cow, the Hollywood Bowl, engineering tools, oil derricks and Pomona, the Roman goddess of gardens and fruit trees.
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