Contents tagged with Ground Zero
Filed in: American Heritage | by Jordan Sekulow | 1:46 PM Apr. 4, 2013
Angry Atheists Lose Fight to Tear Down Ground Zero Cross
“We are angry . . . .” This was the reaction of the president of American Atheists last week upon learning that his organization’s lawsuit to tear down the Ground Zero Cross and remove it from the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum had been thrown out by a federal judge. The news came just as these atheists were holding their annual convention over Easter weekend. The two intersecting steel beams in the shape of a cross was discovered among the wreckage from the devastating t... Continue Reading
Filed in: American Heritage | by David French | 11:34 AM Apr. 1, 2013
A Victory for Common Sense: New York Judge Rules for Ground Zero Cross
Easter weekend brought us two pieces of very good legal news. The first -- yet another victory against Obamacare’s abortion-pill mandate -- Ed White posted about late Friday night. The second, however, went largely unnoticed in the media until this morning. A New York federal judge ruled resoundingly that the Ground Zero Cross’s presence in the 9/11 Museum did not violate the Establishment Clause. The ruling is a victory for history and for common sense. The history here is bey... Continue Reading
Filed in: American Heritage | by Jay Sekulow | 4:47 PM Aug. 20, 2012
ACLJ & 190K Americans to Court: Dismiss Atheist Suit Against Ground Zero Cross
The response has been overwhelming. We have heard from more than 190,000 Americans - including more than 150,000 online - who understand that a cross memorial at Ground Zero is a symbol of hope - a symbol that is a constitutional and appropriate exhibit at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City. Today we filed our amicus brief backing the Ground Zero cross and urging a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by American Atheists - legal arguments that are both offensi... Continue Reading
Filed in: American Heritage | by Matthew Clark | 3:23 PM Aug. 17, 2012
Despite Atheists’ Absurd Claims, Ground Zero Cross does not Violate the Constitution
For more than a decade, the Ground Zero Cross has stood as a symbol of hope, found rising out of the rubble at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the worst terrorist attack in our nation’s history. Yet, the American Atheists actually argue in federal court that the mere “existence of the cross” is causing them “depression, headaches, anxiety, and mental pain and anguish.” The cross exists because it is was what was left of the remains of the World Trade Center after ... Continue Reading
Filed in: American Heritage | by Jay Sekulow | 10:42 AM Aug. 15, 2012
Defend Ground Zero Cross From Atheist Assault
The legal argument is absurd. American Atheists, which has filed a lawsuit to remove a cross from the new museum at Ground Zero, is making some astonishing claims. The atheists say they are suffering both physical and emotional damages from the existence of the cross. That's right. The mere existence of this memorial has brought on headaches, indigestion, even mental pain. They even make a bizarre suggestion about erecting a "17-foot-high A for Atheists" to promote their non-beliefs at the site... Continue Reading
Filed in: American Heritage | by David French | 12:49 PM Nov. 1, 2011
Offended Atheists Strike Again
The decades-long battle over religious symbols rages on. Earlier this year, American Atheists sued to block placement of the famous Ground Zero Cross in the 9/11 Memorial Museum (that case is ongoing). Yesterday, over Justice Thomas’s sharp dissent, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from a case rejecting the use of crosses as roadside memorials to fallen Utah state troopers. And a controversy is currently building over the Freedom from Religion Foundation’s efforts to have... Continue Reading
Filed in: War on Terror | by CeCe Heil | 2:00 PM Oct. 17, 2011
Church Destroyed on 9/11 Finally Being Rebuilt
The ACLJ is pleased to announce that the New York Port Authority has reached an amicable agreement to allow St. Nicholas Church to be rebuilt, ten years after the church building was destroyed on September 11, 2011. Earlier this year, the ACLJ sent a strong letter to the Port Authority asserting that the Port Authority had misrepresented the nature of its preliminary agreement with St. Nicholas Church, engaged in fraud while moving away from negotiations, relied upon defamation to mask its activ... Continue Reading
Filed in: American Heritage | by Jay Sekulow | 1:44 PM Sep. 13, 2011
Ground Zero Cross Gets More Attention and Support
Even after the 10th anniversary of 9/11, it remains a powerful symbol that continues to generate more attention and support. The Ground Zero cross - the steel beams fashioned into the shape of a cross on 9/11 - was the focal point for many who took part in Sunday's remembrance of the September 11th terrorists attack. In fact, much has been written about the history of the Ground Zero cross - discovered just two days after the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. The Ground Zero cross beca... Continue Reading
