Posted on 12/04/2005 6:29:26 AM PST by PurpleMountains
You may recall that leftist groups have been attempting to usurp memorials being planned to remember, with honor and with reverence, the 3000 souls who perished at the murderous hands of Islamic terrorists on 9/11.
The New York memorial was in the process of turning into a blame-America monstrosity that essentially blamed the victims for this despicable act at the World Trade Center. Fortunately, enough pressure was brought to bear by the families that Governor Pataki courageously called a halt to the unfolding design.
Even worse, the architect commissioned to design the memorial planned to honor the victims of Flight 93, (who brought the plane down in Pennsylvania to save the Capitol) came up with a design that, incredibly, honors the Muslim religion, and would be more suitably located at Mecca than in Pennsylvania.
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I believe that overall control is (surprisingly) under Gale Norton at the Dept. of the Interior. It also appears that one of the main problems is ignorance of Muslim symbols by those in charge.
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