If you think, that putting up a mosque, 600 ft. from ground zero and have the inauguration, on the anniversary of 9/11/11, is immoral, inhuman and a complete lack of respect for the memories, of all that perished there, on that day and their survivors. That politicians are doing a grave injustice to the fallen heroes, ...their families and all the people of New York City, THEN PLEASE COPY AND PASTE THIS TO YOUR WALL
In response, I posted this:
My understanding is that it is (1.) not a mosque, and (2.) several blocks from the far northeast corner of the WTC property. It will not be visible from any part of WTC property, nor will it allow a view of anything within two blocks of the site. The blocks surrounding the WTC site are full of bars, pawn shops, and porn: Does this honor the victims of 9/11?
Do I think this location has been made too controversial by inaccurate reporting of what it is? Yes. Should they move? Maybe. Maybe not. Mosques have been in lower Manhattan for decades. Do we next ask all of them to shut down?
As this story unfolds, I keep wondering: How far away will be considered appropriate to build ANY property associated with anything Islamic? How far do we push and restrict until we have rewritten the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? And what religion is next?
Check out this OpEd piece from the Washington Post. Balanced food for thought: http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2010/08/whose_hallowed_ground_zero_mosques_and_american_questions.html
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