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| Atheist Group Sues Over Cross at Sept. 11 Museum |
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The September 11 cross is lowered by crane into a subterranean section of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, July 23, 2011 in New York. The cross was discovered upright in the ruins of ground zero following the attacks of September 11, 2001. REUTERS/Mark Lennihan.
By: Colleen Long, Associated Press
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NEW YORK (AP).- A group representing atheists says the installation of a cross-shaped beam at the Sept. 11 museum is unconstitutional.
The American Atheists filed the suit in Manhattan State Supreme Court on Wednesday. The group says the museum is a public institution and should not reflect a specific religion. It asks for a judge to either order the cross removed or order that other religions be represented equally.
Memorial President Joe Daniels says the museum's mission is to tell the history of Sept. 11 through artifacts like the cross.
The cross days has been blessed by a Catholic priest and brought from a temporary home to a spot north of the memorial where it will become part of the museum's permanent collection.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
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