The Freedom From Religion Foundation appears to have scored another victory for secularism in the United States, this time in Bewster County, Texas. The group and two of its members filed a lawsuit against the county back in March after a sheriff took it upon himself to add decals depicting Christian crosses to sheriff department vehicles. The crosses were affixed to a minimum of five vehicles, and the display was offensive to some non-Christians in the area.
As Patheos reports, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is "delighted" by the quick and amicable resolution of their lawsuit against Brewster County. Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor said that the sheriff's vehicles were free of the offending crosses very quickly.
"The five Latin crosses on the Sheriff's vehicles were taken down almost immediately, which was a good faith effort by Brewster County to make sure they were not proselytizing the public through the Sheriff's Department. We knew very early in March that reason and the constitution would prevail."