American Atheists object to WTC cross - ask for equal treatment

Monday American Atheists filed a complaint with the state of New York asking for fair and equal treatment by the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. Atheists ask that if the World Trade Center (WTC) cross be included in the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum, a memorial to the Godless should be included as well.

American Atheists argue that inclusion of the cross and the exclusion of representations suitable to non-Christians constitutes "a violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and is in violation of Sections 3 and 11 of the Constitution of the State of New York."

American Atheists have repeatedly offered to fund a suitable memorial to atheists, freethinkers and other non-religious victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack, yet all such offers have been ignored. Hence the lawsuit. Atheists are asking that either the cross be removed from the memorial, or equal space be granted to a memorial for atheists, freethinkers and the non-religious.

Over 50% of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum is being funded by tax dollars. Many feel that to single out Christians for special recognition while ignoring the hundreds of victims who were not Christian is wrong. Many feel that Christians do not deserve or merit special treatment, and non-Christians do not deserve to be treated as second class citizens.

http://www.examiner.com/humanist-in-national/american-atheists-object-to-wtc-cross-ask-for-equal-treatment#ixzz1TAKOI5k9

Full complaint below:

http://atheists.org/upload/WTC_Complaint.pdf

This is a war on Muslims. If the atheist's are lucky, they won't be targeted next.

:sarcasm:

framed cross at the site.

The only reason why the beams resemble a cross is because that's how the superstructure was put together.

It's just absolutely fucking amazing that structural steel pieces, attached at right angles to each other by the thousands in that building, could ever be miraculously found attached at right angles to each other, eh? Must be the will of Jeebus to relive the good old torture days!

Hilariously sad, fail, to be exact.

Unless they're also going to add random other pieces of steel from the site. This is idiocy.

under the cross:

Where was Jesus on 9/11?

Nothing. If they are striving to get more favorable recognition, this is certainly not the way to succeed.

"Gays just want special rights."

about shit and you won't get any backlash. If you didn't ask for things, you wouldn't be shot down so many times. Atheists are such fucking douchebags, right?

:sarcasm: for the impaired.

So openminded...

:sarcasm:

I see how that works. And where was anything hateful said?

What would you suggest they do to get equal recognition?

And you said the symbol for atheism is nothing. Not very Christian.

free to express your own views and opinions, which atheists do without any problem.

After all, twas religion that brought down the towers in the first place

at the site of 9/11 in remembrance of those non-believers who died in that national tragedy on that fateful day.

:kick: