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Court tosses Sept. 11 lawsuit, says cross can be displayed at World Trade Center memorial site
Original Publication Date: July 28, 2014 10:18PM
Publication Updated: January 8, 2025 10:32PM
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit by an atheist group seeking to stop the display of a cross-shaped steel beam found among the World Trade Center’s wreckage.
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday sided with a federal judge’s ruling last year that the decision to include the beam in the National September 11 Memorial & Museum did not advance religion impermissibly.
American Atheists had sued the museum’s operators in 2011 on constitutional grounds. The group says it is disappointed in the decision and is deciding whether to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The 17-foot-tall steel beam was found by rescue workers two days after the 2001 terror attacks destroyed the World Trade Center.
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