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I love the one guy that starts clapping after the quote is read before quickly trailing off.

As for the integration of the cross, I don't know. On one hand, the memorial is a government project and, as such, should be secular. On the other hand, the cross was found and it became an important artifact associated with the site, so I can also see it has historical and cultural relevance.

As an atheist, I can see why they'd want to fight this - you can be sure if they had "randomly" found a crescent with a star beside it, they wouldn't be including that in the memorial. This strikes me as exactly the same sort of deception as "Intelligent design" - sure, they mean God did it, they just won't say it out loud, so no one can object. The only reason they want to include this is because of the religious significance of the cross.

That being said, it seems like such a trivially thing to fight over. There are important areas to spend your time and resources on (Intelligent design being a good example), but stuff like this, and the "Seven in Heaven" street sign, just make them look petty and vindictive. I don't think it's doing anyone any favors.

Yeah this is why I don't call myself an atheist...it's just annoying. Who gives a crap if there's a stupid cross at a HOLE in the ground. Your using logic selectively...they think the ground is special...you don't...so you shouldn't fucking care what they put on that ground.