A CROSS TO BEAR THE FILM
How the 9/11 Memorial moves us to confront our religious identity as Americans
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Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins is the former Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, a position he held from 1995-2008. Founder of the Richard Dawkins Foundation. The Wall Street Journal said his “passion is supported by an awe-inspiring literary craftsmanship.” The New York Times Book Review has hailed him as a writer who “understands the issues so clearly that he forces his reader to understand them too.” Among his books are The Ancestor’s Tale, The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, Unweaving the Rainbow, A Devil’s Chaplain and The God Delusion.
U.S. Congressman Michael Grimm
U.S. Congressman Michael Grimm
Decorated ex-Marine, former FBI Special Agent, and 9/11 first responder who introduced a bill to make the cross a national monument
Susan Jacoby
Susan Jacoby
NY Times best-selling author, independent scholar, and weekly columnist of The Spirited Atheist at the Washington Post’s On Faith website
Daisy Khan
Daisy Khan is Executive Director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA). Ms. Khan regularly appears on ABC, PBS, BBC World, CNN, Fox News. In the aftermath of 9/11, Ms. Khan created interfaith programs to emphasize commonalities among the Abrahamic faith traditions.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
One of Newsweek’s 50 Most Influential U.S. Rabbis, WABC radio host, syndicated columnist, frequent guest on Oprah, “America’s Rabbi,” and author of “10 Conversations You Need To Have With Yourself”
Frank Silecchia, First Responder Who Discovered 9/11 Cross at Ground Zero
Frank Silecchia
9/11 First Responder, Member Local 731
Dinesh D’Souza
NY Times best-selling author and Director of the film ‘2016’. NY Times Magazine says Dinesh D’Souza is one of America’s most influential conservative thinkers, and author of ‘What’s So Great About Christianity’
David Silverman
President of American Atheists, the group that filed the lawsuit in opposition to the cross’s inclusion in the National September 11 Museum
Bill Donohue
Bill Donohue
President and CEO of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, adjunct scholar at The Heritage Foundation, frequent national television and radio guest, and author of ‘Secular Sabotage’
Karl Koch III
Vice President of Operations for Karl Koch Steel Erecting (his family’s company that provided the steel for and oversaw the erection of the Twin Towers) and author of “Men of Steel : The Story of the Family That Built the World Trade Center”
Howard Bloom
Howard Bloom is a seminal thinker and author. He was also a publicist in the 1970s and 80s for singers and bands such as Prince, Billy Joel and Michael Jackson. He has published three books on human evolution and group behavior,The Genius of the Beast, The Global Brain and The Lucifer Principle.
Edwin Kagin, National Legal Director American Atheists
National Legal Director American Atheists
Blair Scott, Communications Director American Atheists
Communications Director American Atheists
Kenneth Bronstein
Kenneth Bronstein
President of NYC Atheists, plaintiff in the lawsuit
Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
Georgetown University Adjunct Professor of Religious Art and Cultural History in the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, author, and frequent media guest
Father Kevin Madigan
Father Kevin Madigan
Priest of St. Peter’s Church (the oldest Catholic Parish in New York State) which served as home to the 9/11 cross from 2006 until July 23rd 2011
Dennis Horvitz
Host of NYC Atheists’ Manhattan News Network cable program “This Week in Atheism”, plaintiff in the lawsuit
Henry Goldschmidt, Cultural Anthropologist, Interfaith Center of New York
Cultural Anthropologist, Interfaith Center of New York
Nelson Tebbe
Nelson Tebbe
Brooklyn Law School Professor of Law with areas of expertise in Constitutional Law, Law and Religion, and Professional Ethics
Reverend Chloe Breyer
Reverend Chloe Breyer
Director of the Interfaith Center of NY, author, and Episcopal Priest in the Diocese of New York who founded and directed the Cathedral Forums on Religion and Public Life at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
Gregory S. Paul
Freelance Researcher, Author & Atheist
Michael Wenzler and Francine Civello
Michael and Francine lived next to Ground Zero on 9/11. The experiences and events that followed worked their way into their life, art and jewelry business. Check out DOPE NYC to see some their fine work.
WTC 9/11 Cross – ‘A Cross To Bear’ The Film
A CROSS TO BEAR: America’s Battle Over Its Most Powerful Religious Symbol
At Ground Zero, steel beams resembling a Christian cross are discovered following the 9/11 attack and they become a symbol for many. In 2011 when the group American Atheists files a lawsuit opposing the cross’ inclusion in the National September 11 Museum, a battle ensues over church-state separation and America’s religious identity.
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Mr. and Mrs. Michael Williams
Mike and Pat Williams are the parents of 9-11 victim Kevin Williams. They placed 2 baseballs on the cross in memory of their son and they started The Kevin Williams Memorial Foundation.
