The Christian Coalition has accused the Secret Service of religious discrimination and bigotry for writing a memo that bans crosses from Bush’s inauguration parade. The Coalition, which has received a demonstration permit to remind Bush to appoint pro-life justices, complained that the cross was the only religious symbol declared contraband. A spokesman for the Secret Service defended the ban, saying it concerned the “potentially harmful or threatening” structure and material of the crosses, and in no way was a ban on the Christian symbol. Only cloth, cardboard and posterboard signs will be allowed at the parade, and so a cardboard cross would be acceptable.