IT made the news, and many outlets, (even the daily show with john stewart) covered it, and how ****ish the move was.
The potential use of the cross in the
World Trade Center Memorial has been controversial. Many groups such as families of certain Christian victims want the cross to be included.
[18] Other organizations disagree, notably the
American Atheists (who have filed suit pertaining to this issue) [19] as well as the
Coalition for Jewish Concerns.
[20] Alternatively, the
Anti-Defamation League (another
Jewish group) issued a statement that it "fully supports the inclusion in the National September 11 Memorial & Museum of the metal beams in the shape of a cross found in the rubble at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the tragic attacks on 9/11."
[21]
http://abcnews.go.com/US/atheists-su...0#.TzJ3XeQuVHI
American Atheists Sue Over World Trade Center Cross
"The Christian community found a piece of rubble that looked like an icon and they deified it. But really 9/11 had nothing to do with Christianity," said American Atheists president Dave Silverman. "They want a monopoly and we don't want that to happen."
"It just so happens that the WTC was made out of T-joints and they found a T-joint," Silverman said. "They put it in the church, kept in the church for years, prayed over it, blessed it. You don't get to do that just in the coincidence that your icon looks like a T-joint."
http://atheists.org/law/ground_zero
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_919196.html
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