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 terrorists attacks of 9/11. The Ground Zero Cross, as it came to be known, brought hope and solace to many of the first responders in the days following the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, and it became a symbol of healing for a nation deeply wounded by the attacks. . . .