19 Foot Cross in Chicago's Daley Plaza

CHICAGO, Apr. 5 /Christian Newswire/ -- This past winter, Chicago became stigmatized nationally as anti-Christian because it stopped the showing of a trailer for the movie The Nativity Story at a Christmas festival on Daley Plaza. Now the public and people of faith can commemorate Jesus' passion and death on the cross and celebrate his life and his resurrection. The city stated it would be "insensitive to the many people of different faiths" -- in disregard for citizens' First Amendment rights which guarantee private religious expression in a public forum like the Daley Plaza. Representatives of several Christian denominations will hold a press conference and display a 19-foot cross in Daley Plaza on Friday, April 6 at 10:00 am in preparation for a sunrise Resurrection service on Sunday, April 8 at 6:15 am. The erection of the cross and the service will take place on Daley Plaza located at 50 West Washington Street in Chicago.

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