8/28/2013 - Atheists are threatening to sue over a 9/11 memorial. The American Atheists, based in New Jersey, told the mayor of Princeton this week that they will take the town to court if the side of a beam recovered from the World Trade Center site was displayed on public property or publicly funded.
The letter says the beam must be placed in a 'designated free speech zone that enables members of all other religious groups or otherwise to place their own memorials with their own unique symbols,' according to the Times of Trenton.
'While the intention to commemorate those who died at the World Trade Center is admirable and appropriate for a community, the use of such a singular religious image will be grossly offensive and alienating to many people,' attorney Bruce Afran wrote in the letter, which asked for a response by Sept. 3.
Princeton Deputy Fire Chief Roy James acquired the beam for the town on his own, according to the Times. He wants to place it on state-owned land near the Princeton Battle Monument, the Times reported. Princeton has also made land for a memorial available near the old borough hall, the paper noted.

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