Stop the presses, because I'm going to agree with Reverend Bob on something. Not the Edmond seal issue, because as a public symbol it should not have been endorsing any religion over another. I'm glad the cross was removed. And I would be just as upset to see Buddha on the seal, as the government should be secular and completely unbiased when it comes to religions. The government, its land, its buildings, and all it holds is the property of the people. What is public should not lean towards a particular religion, because the people in Edmond (and the country) come from all sorts of religious backgrounds. And they all pay taxes.

As for the cross, it was private property--owned by the church--and the government has no right to tell them what they can and can't build there. Yes, it was a waste of money that could have been spent on more Christian things like helping the poor and sick (as Jesus commanded), but the fact remains that it is private property owned by the church. This is a great example of how I'm just as disgusted by radical left wingers as I am with radical right wingers. Neither group seems to respect freedom unless the issue to be defended is something they agree with.

I don't consider myself a Christian in the strictest sense, but I am not offended by the cross. They should have been able to do whatever they wanted with their own land. Government needs to stay out of the private sector. Period.