Community Pushes Back as Atheist Activist Group Seeks Removal of Cross from Texas Park | Christian News Network

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“It seems this group which is behind many incidents like this, has determined to try and remove all Christian symbols from public places.”  Admin

 

Residents in a Texas city are pushing back after a prominent professing atheist group recently sent a letter demanding the removal of a cross monument from a public park.

 

The cross at issue, a 10-foot cement monument, sits in Riverfront Park in Port Neches, and has done so for the past 45 years. But the Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) states that it recently received a complaint from a “concerned citizen” about the presence of the cross.

 

“The government’s permanent display of a Latin cross on public land is unconstitutional,” its letter to Mayor Glenn Johnson reads. “The display of this patently religious symbol on public property confers government endorsement of Christianity, a blatant violation of the Establishment Clause.”

 

The organization then demanded the removal of the cross.

 

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