Sentences with phrase «memorial cross»

In the desert a war memorial cross erected many years ago torn down by vandals and they have had to go to court to try to put it back up and Obam is still blocking the way.

They are working to tear down roadside memorial crosses built to commemorate fallen state troopers in Utah, to strip «Under God» from the Pledge of Allegiance, and they recently stopped a protester from entering an art gallery because she wore a pro-life pin.

I like to think it's a noticible lack of anything safety related, combined with blind corners and thousand foot drop - offs, that leads to the memorial crosses, more or less, lining the road.

The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, holding that the memorial crosses did not violate the federal or state constitution.

Outside the school, 17 memorial crosses overflowed with flowers and stuffed animals, with more being added on Sunday.

Maria Creed is overcome with emotion as she crouches in front of one of the memorial crosses at Pine Trails Park in Parkland, Fla., Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, that were placed for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Not exact matches

The National Atheist Party has considered the controversy surrounding the «cross» as a part of the 9/11 memorial, especially in regards to the comments made by Dave Silverman, the President of American Atheists.

If the majority want this steel cross in the memorial, that is fine as well, if you atheists want something to represent yourselves aside from the cross, gather funds and have that something added to the memorial.

Recognizing this fact, the National Atheist Party has no quarrel with those that would like to see the «cross» as a part of such a memorial, with the caveat that other faiths, including none at all, should also be represented.

A cross at a memorial site is completely appropriate, as is any other religious symbol that can be placed there.

The suit sought to have the cross completely removed or to have «equal representation for all religions» added to the memorial display.

They don't have to use the cross, they can use any piece of rubble in that memorial, the fact that their putting up such a fight to keep it in shows how biased they are for christians, not to mention that it is wrong for the people who died that were not Christian.

Why not put a cross there, it is a memorial to many who were Christians, and it serves for those who are Christians who visit.

Normally, as an atheist, I would have a problem with a cross at a memorial such as this.

The memorial team is made up of all Christians and they decide to place a big cross to represent everyone who died because more Christians died than any other.

I don't believe in God but I could care less if a cross is put on the 9/11 memorial.

The cross is a powerful symbol of love, deep commitment and courage, and as such, should be part of the memorial.

When Mrs. Slatterly warned the younger girls last Easter to be careful with the altar cross because it was a memorial to Jim Hope, who had been killed in World War II, she was educating them about their heritage.

Greg Zanis, an electrician from Aurora, Illinois, said he has built 13,000 crosses in that time, each a memorial for a victim of an American tragedy.

And that the fallen beams of the World Trade Center, forming a cross, are blessed as the semi-official memorial to the victims.

@SIM34, probably not, but i do know that crosses and stars of david where cut from the metal and given to families and to some museums... idk if any will be on display at the museum at the memorial, but they are some at a little museum / workshop in the meat packing district.

A cross at a 9 - 11 memorial isn't going to usher in a theocracy.

«A national group called American Atheists is suing the museum to stop the display of the cross, arguing that a religious symbol has no place in a memorial that's...

If I see nothing at the memorial, then I will get offended and try to have a cross put there.

If you visit the memorial and you don't want to see the cross shaped display, then pretend your a vampire and ignor it.

CNN: Atheists continue battle against World Trade Center cross at memorial Eleven years after the World Trade Center attack, the billion dollar memorial and museum dedicated to the victims of 9/11 is just half that — a memorial without an operating museum.

It is the Christians who want to force a cross on the memorial.

If you understand why people wouldn't want a swastika at the memorial, then you understand why I don't want a cross there.

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum says it included the cross because it «became an icon of hope and comfort throughout the recovery in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks.»

Whether or not a silly metal cross is going to be placed in the memorial museum is not an important issue.

So, you believe they should also have a large upside down cross at the memorial that some Satanists worship?

Let it have it's own church, because at the memorial, the «cross» would only divert attention from those who died.

While I really have no problem with this cross, I have a question for you, what type of «blessing» is going to be featured at the memorial for those adherents of other religions that also died?

And Bible Clown... don't worry your tax dollars are being spent on much more foolish things than a cross made from the WC building as part of a memorial.

I see nothing at the memorial, then I will get offended and try to have a cross put there.

The cross will be in the museum, not the memorial, as it should be, as it was found in the rubble.

In their lawsuit filed last week demanding removal of the cross from the publicly funded 9/11 Memorial and Museum, American Atheists listed «dyspepsia,» «headaches,» and «mental anguish» as physical injuries allegedly suffered by non-believers at the mere thought of the cross being included in a permanent display.

80 % of the argument is that tax payers dollars is being spent on this cross and that its shoving religion down peoples throats, making the root of the problem the funding for the memorial, and using the religious part as a cover up.

If you want a cross at the memorial, just bring your own personal cross with you when you go and take it with you when you leave.

wow you have to have no social life, no respect and absolutely bitter to battle a cross at a memorial.

tallulah13... the cross is at the museum, not the memorial.

As decades pass, as the memorial retains its «most visited» status, people will look upon this found I — beam cross and see it with the same significance that one looks at the medieval cathedrals of Europe.

Would you be upset if the cross was laid on it's side in the memorial?

As such, if the religious want it let them put it in one of their churches but DO NOT display it as an object of spiritual significance on government land using public funds in a memorial to commemorate a disastrous attack that affected the lives many, many people who do not share your beliefs in Christ and crosses.

A national group called American Atheists is suing the museum to stop the display of the cross, arguing that a religious symbol has no place in a memorial that's backed by public funds and that is supposed to serve as a monument to victims of many different religions - and to those who had no religion at all.

How about memorial places instead of crosses.

I encourage those who are worried / offended by the crosses to take whatever they feel is more appropriate to the memorial and place it there along side the crosses.

January 2011 — After a federal law was passed to transfer a WWI Memorial, in the Mojave Desert, to private ownership, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that the cross in the memorial could continue to stand, but the Obama administration refused to allow the land to be transferred, as required by law, and refused to allow the cross to be re-erected as ordered by thMemorial, in the Mojave Desert, to private ownership, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that the cross in the memorial could continue to stand, but the Obama administration refused to allow the land to be transferred, as required by law, and refused to allow the cross to be re-erected as ordered by thmemorial could continue to stand, but the Obama administration refused to allow the land to be transferred, as required by law, and refused to allow the cross to be re-erected as ordered by the Court.

Emergency services prayed and left messages at the cross in the following days and now it's held at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

A court has rejected a bid to remove a cross made from the wreckage of New York's twin towers from a memorial site.