Answer for me, though, a simple question: What is harmed by the display? Who is harmed? That's something I'd truly like to understand.
Thanks.
As long as my tax dollars aren't spent on it, I have no problem with it. I don't care what people do with their own money. Keep it equitable and its fine with me.
Firstly, thanks a lot for not immediately taking a hostile tone, as opposed to many other people who responded to my post. I greatly appreciate it. As far as your question goes, I know that, as a religious Jew, if I would have had a (Jewish) friend or relative die at the WTC I would feel uncomfortable if what is going to pass for his unofficial tombstone is a giant cross. It would be the same feeling of discomfort I would feel if I found out that the same friend or relative died alone someplace and ended up buried in a churchyard.
I can tolerate seeing someone walk by with a satanist, goth symbol, even when it seems to play a role in his/her belief system. The difference is, they aren't trying to make me wear the images. Here, this could very easily be seen as an attempt to "Christify" the WTC site. You do feel a bit like an outsider trying to visit a Jewish gravesite under the shadow of a cross; believe me, I've tried.
I would therefore suggest the cross be placed in the yard of the local Church, as many other people on this thread have already suggested. Let each person who visits the memorial, however it's built, let his own faith define the site, as opposed to having to come as an outsider.