Fox News viewers respond to atheists’ suit against “Ground Zero Cross”

As you may have heard, the group American Atheists is now locked in a lawsuit to prevent a piece of cross-shaped wreckage, dubbed the “Ground Zero Cross”, from being installed at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum on grounds of separation of church and state. I don’t know the specifics about how the law applies in this case, so I really can’t comment on the legal validity of the lawsuit, though it’s obvious to anyone (who’s not a Christianist) how a sectarian symbol might not be the most appropriate choice for commemorating the victims 9/11.

Of course, reactions have been flooding in from all sides regarding this latest attack on Christianity by those evil puppy-kicking atheists, and while most people go from either respectful approval to measured disapproval, one can always expect the denizens of the far-Right to make things more interesting. Here are some of the reactions garnered from the comments over at Fox News, before they were deleted by moderators:

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Paul Altum: “i say kill them all and let them see for themselves that there is God”

Bob O'Connell: “Shoot them. Shoot to kill.”

Joe Martinez: “TO ALL ATHEIEST DIE AN GO TO HELL HAHA IF I COULD ID SHOOT ALL OF YOU IN THE HEAD WITH A 12GAUGE”

Joseph Sneckenberg: “thats easy shoot them”

Casey M Jones: “Shoot em. At least we know where they're going, waste of oxygen”

Mike Holeschek: “Nail them to that cross then display it”

Chris Dunn: “I think we should hang the leader of that group on the cross with nails through their hands and feet, place a crown of thorns upon their head, RAM a spear through their side all after being whipped and beaten publicly! Just so they can endure what Christ did so they understand the sacrifice behind what that cross symbolizes.”

Bob O'Connel: “They're atheists so it won't matter if you kill them.”

Tim Allison: “KILL THEM.”

Raylene Ingmire: “Here's my solution, kill the group..just kidding, you figure it out. I'm so sick of people that pick and choose when they want to truly be American. They can go to Hell oh wait they will.”

Sindy Clock: “stupid atheists, I hope God kills them all.”

Sindy Clock: “I love Jesus, and the cross and if you don't, I hope someone rapes you!”

Eileen Rourke: “Any court or lawyer who takes this case should be hung!!!!!! If you look at some of the people who are atheists they are all miserable looking because they don't have any faith in anything. You all should go live in another country. You have taken enough of my rights away.”

Hans Anderson: “atheist has no rights a snail has more rights than a atheist has i say throw them out to the sharks let them eat them like the ate bin laden”

Michael Perri: “these people are f'ing scum of the earth. can we start killing them now? few people are filled with more hatred than athiests.”

Scott Miller: “IF THE CROSS OFFENDS YOU: SO SHOULD THIS COUNTRY;LEAVE BEFORE WE KILL YOU!!!!”

Patrick Alley: “Kill em all...let God sort em out. Guess what Atheists....”

My favorite is how Michael Perri declares that “athiests” ^[sic] are all filled with hate … right after expressing his desire to murder us.

Stay classy, Christianists. Stay classy.

(via @todayspolitics)

Tags: Fox News • Christians • Ground Zero Cross • American Atheists • Ground Zero • 9-11