NJ town rocked by charges of bigotry after rejection of mosque

foxnews.com ^ | 8/8/16 | Perry Chiaramonte

[ColdOne]

A New Jersey suburb known for its tree-lined streets and stately, multimillion-dollar homes has been transformed into a battleground over both a proposed mosque and the free speech rights of residents who oppose the project.

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Bernards, a township of about 27,000 an hour west of New York City, has been cleaved by controversy since 2011, when its Planning Board took up a proposal for a 4,250-square-foot mosque in a residential neighborhood known as Liberty Corner. The applicant, Islamic Society of Basking Ridge, is led by a former Bernards mayor and has filed a federal civil rights suit accusing members of the board of religious discrimination in ultimately rejecting the project.

Some 33 residents who spoke out against the project at dozens of public meetings have been subpoenaed in an effort by the plaintiffs to prove bigotry drove the decision.

[butlerweave]

I’m guessing they’ll bring in the Muslims to fill it later

[kearnyirish2]

These stories are diversions from the real problem: NJ property taxes. Here in northeastern NJ nobody wants religious buildings because they basically exempt large parcels of land from property taxes (while adding traffic on top of that). Opposition is faced by Christians for the same reason; Islam has nothing to do with this.

[ml/nj]

Some 33 residents who spoke out against the project at dozens of public meetings have been subpoenaed in an effort by the plaintiffs to prove bigotry drove the decision.

Bigotry, or intelligence?

ML/NJ

[Neidermeyer]

Just another Muslim Arsenal
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If they build it the arsenal needs to be burgled.

[Tai_Chung]

At a minimum, we should demolish them when they are found to have terrorist ties.

[depressed in 06]

“The mosque burning the Constitution is part of my American Dream.”

I believe, that is what was meant.

[dfwgator]

When they build the camps, these 33 will be the first to go there.