California
FFRF successfully convinced the Los Angeles Department of General Services to remove from the office a display that included a cross.
A community member contacted FFRF to report that the B&M Operations Manager for the city of Los Angeles prominently displayed an image of a Latin cross with the phrase “God Bless America” inside the Department of General Services.
“The Los Angeles Department of General Services serves a diverse population that consists of not only Christians, but also minority religious and nonreligious citizens,” FFRF Staff Attorney Chris Line wrote to the general manager. “Prominently displaying Christian messages and iconography in a government office needlessly alienates community members who are part of the 37 percent of Americans who are non-Christian.”
In response to FFRF’s letter, the Personnel Division of the Department of General Services investigated the matter. After a discussion with the supervisor, the cross was voluntarily removed.
