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US atheists' group sues over inclusion of 'Ground Zero Cross' in new 9/11 museum

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The Telegraph – May 9, 2014

“It was the towering charred steel beam shaped like a Christian cross that became a symbol of solace and hope after it was found jutting out of the smouldering debirs of the World Trade Centre. But the so-called Ground Zero Cross is now at the centre of a church-state row as a leading US atheists’ group sues over its inclusion as centrepiece in the new National Sept 11 Memorial and Museum.”