Los Angeles, Calif., Jul 20, 2004 / 22:00 pm
The Thomas More Law Center, a legal organization based in Ann Arbour, vowed yesterday to fight in order to keep the cross in the L.A. county seal, after the county's Board of Supervisors could not muster enough votes to place the cross issue on the November ballot.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors under the threat of a lawsuit by the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), voted in early June (3-2) to remove the cross from the county seal.
The County Board affirmed their vote one week later, and then refused to allow the decision to be put on the ballot for LA County citizens to decide for themselves.
The Thomas More Law Center filed a federal lawsuit on June 4th, and Los Angeles County has been ordered to respond by July 28, 2004.