Protesting the Ozark Cross

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Channel: Freedom From Religion Foundation · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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FFRF Legal Director Rebecca Markert discusses our legal complaint against the city of Ozark, Missouri, to get a cross taken off public property. There was reportedly immense pressure from the community, including key leaders, to keep the cross lit. 

Mayor Rick Gardner told the media that the cross “is part of Ozark. This is a Christian county, for Pete’s sake.” He ordered the cross to stay lit for the holiday season. FFRF urges the city, while it determines its next step, to be respectful to all its citizens and remove the cross.

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