1.   After writing an editorial in the local newspaper opposing the city seal, Mrs. Webb said she received hate mail and angry phone calls.

2.   But Clark noted precedents in two other cities where courts held that city seals that included crosses also violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment.

3.   Everything evolves around shells, from pre-breakfast conversations to the city seal featuring a fighting conch.

4.   First it was the fish on the city seal in Republic.

5.   In Republic, Mo., the American Civil Liberties Union this year filed suit to demand the removal of a Christian symbol from the city seal.

6.   The fireplug body sheathed in dark suits that always sported a pin of the city seal.

7.   The Republic city seal pervasively invades the daily lives of non-Christians and sends a message that they are outsiders.