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Obama backs controversial New York mosque project
Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 8/13/10 | Ross Colvin and Jeff Mason

Posted on 08/13/2010 6:45:28 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday backed construction of a proposed mosque and Muslim cultural center near the site of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York -- a project opposed by U.S. conservatives and many New Yorkers.

"As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country," Obama said to applause at an event attended by diplomats from Islamic countries and members of the U.S. Muslim community.

"That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances," he said, weighing in for the first time ..

Earlier this month a New York city agency cleared the way for construction of the community center, which will include a prayer room, two blocks from the site of the September 11 attacks, popularly known as "Ground Zero."

"This is America and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable," said Obama, who has made improving ties between the United States and the Muslim world a cornerstone of his foreign policy.

Obama was speaking during an Iftar dinner he hosted at the White House. Iftar is the evening meal when Muslims break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

About 2,750 people were killed in the September 11 attacks, when al Qaeda hijackers crashed two passenger planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The attacks deeply traumatized Americans and sparked the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the Bush administration's "war on terror."

Many families of those killed in the attacks have mounted an emotional campaign to block the community center, calling it provocative and a betrayal of the memory of the victims.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


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To: NormsRevenge

This man no longer represents me as an American. The Left can have him - if they want him.


61 posted on 08/13/2010 7:35:11 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Democrats = authoritarian socialists)
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To: NormsRevenge

Of course.

There’s nothing a hardcore liberal loves more than giving patriots the middle finger.


62 posted on 08/13/2010 7:35:22 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: NormsRevenge
It'll never be built. Who's going to build it? Where will they find the workers? If they do find the workers, how are they going to screen each worker to be sure they are not actually sabotaging it's construction?

Secondly, if it is miraculously constructed, how long before it's blown up?

63 posted on 08/13/2010 7:36:14 PM PDT by SoCalConservative
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To: sunmars
Most leftists in America believe that they are much, much, smarter than the American people. In fact, they believe that a whole lot of Americans are not just stupid, but evil. That is the crowd that Barrack hangs out with, so it would make sense that he would do the opposite of what the American people want.

Why would anyone want to do stupid and evil things?

It is hard to make good decisions based on false assumptions.

64 posted on 08/13/2010 7:41:53 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: NormsRevenge

Of course Obama supports building the Mosque at Ground Zero. He wants it there to demonstrate to the Muslim world that the Mosque represents a Muslim victory and another step toward Sharia Law in America.

Barack Obama is a Muslim. His intention is to destroy America as a world power and send so many tax dollars to the third world that this country is finished as an economic power.

He is supported in this by the Socialists in Congress and the leftist media. If I thought that he was an American I would view him as a traitor.


65 posted on 08/13/2010 7:46:31 PM PDT by SkipW
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To: NormsRevenge

This is just another way he is saying FU America. Mister sly, give the finger kind of guy, knows he has to double down and will not budge from his vision of America in tatters...


66 posted on 08/13/2010 7:51:23 PM PDT by Blind Eye Jones
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To: R0CK3T

” .... and he is a TRAITOR!!

You have to be an American citizen to be a traitor.


67 posted on 08/13/2010 7:53:19 PM PDT by SkipW
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To: NormsRevenge

Saving my bacon grease....


68 posted on 08/13/2010 7:55:02 PM PDT by SueRae (I can see November from my HOUSE!)
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To: NormsRevenge


"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream.
It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same,
or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children
and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
"
President Ronald Reagan



69 posted on 08/13/2010 8:03:18 PM PDT by Diogenesis ('Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God' - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: NormsRevenge
Obama was speaking during an Iftar dinner he hosted at the White House. Iftar is the evening meal when Muslims break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

Hmmm did BamBam give a state dinner for Easter or Christmas????? This a_shat is unbelievable!!!!!

70 posted on 08/13/2010 8:05:43 PM PDT by eeriegeno (<p>)
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To: reagandemocrat
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71 posted on 08/13/2010 8:14:44 PM PDT by Quickgun (As a former fetus, I'm opposed to abortion. Mamas don't let your cowboys grow up to be babies..)
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To: NormsRevenge
From article: Iftar is the evening meal when Muslims break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

So did Obama break his fast at this dinner? hmmmmmm?

72 posted on 08/13/2010 8:15:47 PM PDT by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: SPI-Man

*sigh* Obama always makes me miss Clinton.


73 posted on 08/13/2010 8:19:43 PM PDT by HungarianGypsy
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To: Fintan
Bravo!
74 posted on 08/13/2010 8:20:12 PM PDT by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: NormsRevenge

A guy with a middle name Hussein backs the building of a mosque. What am I missing ?


75 posted on 08/13/2010 8:20:39 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: NormsRevenge

Where are the NY Firefighter and Police Unions on this issue?
I sure the Union membership in NYC could make sure this abomination doesn’t get built. Of course if making a buck off the blood of their brothers is more important, then so be it.


76 posted on 08/13/2010 8:32:04 PM PDT by Waverunner
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To: MissDairyGoodnessVT

kenyan canidate!


77 posted on 08/13/2010 8:38:02 PM PDT by barbarianbabs (Liberty 5-3000)
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To: SPI-Man
To paraphrase Bill Clinton (I know it makes me a little ill too) “I loathe the regime”.

I loathe the n****r.

78 posted on 08/13/2010 8:42:25 PM PDT by lightman (Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
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To: bergmeid

I propose we have another Drawing (and quartering) Mohammed Day. All of them.


79 posted on 08/13/2010 8:54:20 PM PDT by MestaMachine (De inimico non loquaris sed cogites- Don't wish ill for your enemy; plan it)
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To: NormsRevenge

And I suppose in the same sentence we can build a theme park in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a special 3-D theater to simulate being on ground zero and watching the effects in super slo-motion...

I know this is a conservative forum and for the most part has conservative viewers but I also know the democratic left will lurk here, and this is for them and those that voted for Obama.

Clean up your house.


80 posted on 08/13/2010 8:56:48 PM PDT by Eye of Unk ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" G.Orwell)
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