What y'all are saying is that it's ok to be hit on the head with a wooden menorah, but it's not ok to be hit with a cross. Thinking about it, one could carry metal crescents that could be sharp enough to be used as sickles and do some beheading along the inaugural parade route... it's ok, as long as you don't carry a cross!
Those items were not mentioned in the article and I just assumed. You know what it means when you assume something.