[MeOnTheBeach]

The only people objecting to the cross are anti-Christians. These are not really atheists, more hedonists

ahh ok. Well I was just giving my opinion from the information that I had. I still like the painting of Jesus you posted better than the crucifix. :-)

[Cronos]

Yet what is in the first picture is an actual cross with the image of Christ painted on it -- an Eastern Icon.

A replacement for the crucifix with an icon is religiously ok --

The above is the main Catholic Cathedral in London -- the Westminister Cathedral

Or even a plain crucifix is ok -- this is the parish where I got married in, it's in Warsaw again

But what is at play here is more political -- the ones asking for the crucifix to go don't want even the plain cross...