Wall Street Journal - The Brewing Battle Over the Ground Zero Cross

By Nathan Koppel, Wall Street Journal, Law Blog

An atheist advocacy organization filed suit today in New York state court to protest the cross (pictured left) that is a part of a memorial display at Ground Zero to the victims of the 9/11 attacks.

Here’s a copy of the complaint from American Atheists, which claims the cross violates the Constitution’s Establishment Clause by improperly promoting a particular religion on government land. Members of American Atheists “are being subjected to and injured in consequence of having a religious tradition not their own imposed upon them,” the suit contends. . . .

The American Center for Law and Justice, a Christian legal advocacy organization, criticized the American Atheists’ suit.

In this statement, the ACLJ said that it will file a friend-of-the-court brief backing the placement of the cross at Ground Zero. . . .

You can read the entire story here.