Lets not forget that over 10% of the 9/11 victims were Islamic. Why isn't that considered, or is Islam a lesser religion?
>From what I understand and from the land use maps available online, the center will not be visible from the memorial site. There are too many other buildings in the way. The publicly available architectural drawings don't show anything that would not fit into the neighbourhood building styles. If anything it does not look like a mosque. Also the place is not just a mosque. Its a cultural center, run by a charity that is headed by the strongest anti-terrorist imam in the US. He's a personal friend of George W. Bush. The religious part of the building occupies only a small part of the building. The rest of it are offices, classrooms and a library. Its mostly a fairly typical business office. So what is the problem except as a biased perception on the part of those who are loudly objecting. On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think its a stupid idea to build a Mosque near Ground Zero, but I > support the idea that they have a right to do so. > > I was part of the rescue operation at Ground Zero after 9/11. I saw > first hand what the devastation looked like (and trust me, photos and > TV give no idea of the scale of destruction) but I am growing tired of > the families of 9/11 victims trying to dictate was happens to the > Ground Zero and the area surrounding it, and of people trying to make > it seem like Ground Zero is some kind of hallowed ground. > > I saddens me that only 30% of Americans (based on your number below) > are enlightened enough to agree that the planners of the building have > a eight to build a house of worship. > > On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Controversy swells as Obama supports Ground Zero >> mosque<http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100814/ts_afp/uspoliticsreligionattacksobama_20100814172344> >> >> >> President Obama has been relatively quite on the mosque issue up until now. >> For some strange reason, at a time when the recent numbers show the economy >> is not recovering, jobs are not being creating, there is public resentment >> over his wife's lavish vacation to Spain, social security is in the red, >> Virginia's case against health care deform has been allowed to go forward, >> Missouri voters overwhelmingly rejected health care deform, soldiers are >> dying in Afghanistan at a record pace, and his political party is scrambling >> to maintain seats for the upcoming elections, he comes out in favor of a >> mosque that around 70% of Americans do not think should be allowed to be >> built. >> >> I don't think anyone is surprised by his stance, but he should have just >> kept his mouth shut on the issue. The simple answer of "That's a decision >> for New York would have sufficed." Now he has added more fuel to the fire >> of his growing number of opponents. >> >> >> >> J >> >> - >> >> Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms those entrusted with >> power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny - >> Thomas Jefferson on government >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325231 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
