Court Rules in Favor of Ground Zero Cross, Rejects Atheists' Appeal

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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the 17-foot cross beam salvaged from the wreckage of Twin Towers will remain in the National 9/11 Museum, despite the very best efforts of American Atheists Inc.

In “American Atheists v. Port Authority of New Jersey and New York” the group asserted that the artifact’s positioning in the museum towered “over any other symbols in the vicinity, expressing Christian primacy.” It charged that the Latin cross’s dominance violated the First Amendment Establishment Clause and the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution.

The judges found, however, that the “Ground Zero Cross” is a constitutional and an important symbolic artifact from the terrorist attack…