Restoration of 11-story Illinois cross faces lawsuit threat because of state grant

Restoration attempts have begun on an 11-story mountaintop cross in southern Illinois, but an atheist activist has threatened a lawsuit because the restoration group received a state grant.
The Bald Knob Cross of Peace was finished in 1963 on the 1,025-foot-high Bald Knob Mountain about 130 miles southeast of St. Louis.
Its concrete and steel frame was covered by about 650 white porcelain panels, but many have rusted or fallen off and some remain attached only with coat hangers and bailing wire.
A group called Friends of Bald Knob Cross has collected $360,000 of the $550,000 needed to restore the cross, including a $20,000 grant from the state of Illinois.
Chicago-area atheist Rob Sherman has challenged the grant, promising “a long and expensive” lawsuit if the money isn’t returned, according to the Associated Press. Read the entire article.

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  1. The left just doesn't get it do they?

    They are fighting the Holy Spirit and they cannot win!

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