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Cross Burning is the act of setting a Christian cross on fire and destroying it. It is an act mainly done by the Ku Klux Klan after the founding of the second Klan by William Joseph Simmons. Many Christians believe it sacrilege to destroy a cross but Klan members see it as lighting the corss as a sign of the member's faith. It is also used by Scottish Clans in which a St Andrews cross is burnt as a declaration of war
KKK Cross burning
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KKK members surround a burning cross holding various other burning crosses -
Three Klan members in front of a burning cross -
Ku Klux Klan members surround a burning cross in 2005
