Americans in Idaho cross out parade policy banning religious symbols

Americans in Idaho cross out parade policy banning religious symbols

The organization running the Independence Day parade in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, recently introduced a policy prohibiting the display of "symbols associated with specific political movements, religions, or ideologies." That ban was understood to extend to the kind of Christian crosses that Americans carried through the city's streets on the Fourth of July. The board of directors of the Coeur d'Alene Regional Chamber of Commerce noted in an op-ed,…