Illinois activist files lawsuit against Bald Knob Cross group, state officials

Friday, August 13, 2010

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Just before noon Thursday, retired radio talk show host and atheist Rob Sherman filed a federal lawsuit against the Friends of the Bald Knob Cross and several Illinois officials and departments, claiming a grant to restore a 111-foot tall cross in Southern Illinois was unconstitutional.

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