Officials in Steubenville, Ohio have decided to redesign the city's logo rather than risk a costly lawsuit over its cross and chapel silhouette.

"We were contacted in May by the Freedom from Religion Foundation Inc. in Madison, Wis., who said one of our citizens had complained about the city logo. During the past several months the foundation sent me their research and past case law regarding religious symbols. I researched current case law and found a lot of case laws that do not allow religious symbols in government symbols," continued Repella.

We have discussed the issue with City Council and we will ask Mark Nelson to design a silhouette of another building such as the library or a dormitory for the city logo. The council realizes the potential cost to our city taxpayers may be very expensive to try to win the case," added Repella.

A city is not defined by a single faith, so its logo probably shouldn't give the impression that it is. This sounds like the move of a reasonable city council. As with all reasonable city council stories, it's always good to wait a few days and see if citizen backlash doesn't force a change of heart. For now, however, good on them.