New York, July 27 (ANI): An atheist organization in America has filed a lawsuit to prevent the Christian cross from being placed at the 9/11 World Trade Center memorial and Museum in New York City.
The cross, which was found standing upright in the rubble of the World Trade Center, is comprised of steel girders that were closely welded together, resembling a Christian Roman Cross.
This symbol became a source of comfort for some of the workers involved in the disaster clean-up.
American atheists, however, strongly criticized the decision to display the cross at the museum, citing that no other religions or philosophies will be honoured in the same fashion, the Daily Mail reports.
The lawsuit, available on the group's website, names the museum, New York and New Jersey, as well as Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor Chris Christie, among others, as defendants.
"The WTC cross has become a Christian icon," the paper quoted group's president Dave Silverman, as saying.
"It has been blessed by so-called holy men and presented as a reminder that their god, who couldn't be bothered to stop the Muslim terrorists or prevent 3,000 people from being killed in his name, cared only enough to bestow upon us some rubble that resembles a cross. It's a truly ridiculous assertion," he added.
A statement on the American Atheists website said that 'the was an attack against America, not Christianity, and Christianity does not deserve special placement just because the girders look like their religious symbol.'
The 9/ll Memorial and Museum is due to open in September, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. (ANI)
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