Posted on 08/03/2010 1:42:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In an emotional speech this afternoon, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the proposed mosque and community center two blocks away from Ground Zero.
A panel today voted to remove a final hurdle for the proposed mosque, which several prominent national Republicans, including Sarah Palin and Former Speaker Newt Gingrich, oppose because they say it's too close to the site of the September 11 attacks. A poll from last month indicates most New Yorkers also oppose the project.
"Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion? That may happen in other countries, but we should never allow it to happen here," he said. (You can watch the video here.)
When speaking about the September 11 attacks, Bloomberg "choked up," according to a transcript from The Daily News:
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Pretty funny coming from a guy who attempts to use government to dictate nearly every aspect of our personal lives.
“Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion?”
Does he defend churches and synagogues with the same vigor?
Excellent point!
OKAY...someone from New York....how many mosques are there already in NYC?
Fool
Could go on forever with that line of questioning...i.e....”should gov’t deny citizens the right to gun ownership?” “should gov’t deny citizens the right to the First Amendment rights?” etc...etc...etc....he’s such a PUTZ. Who has bought him off?
Agreed, they have chosen thier boat, let them sink in it. It’s a commie hell hole anyway.
Open your window, Bloomy..
Do you still hear the cries of 9/11 victims falling to their deaths? Others still do.. this is hallowed ground.
A mosque does little except desecrate the entire area and acts as salt in the wounds sustained by the city and nation that day.
Go hide behind the Constitution, it won’t be the first time this nation’s enemies and detractors have done it..
Enjoy the kool-aid.
What a treasonous out of touch POS.
“OKAY...someone from New York....how many mosques are there already in NYC?”
“Who has bought him off?”
Saudi Arabia?
I meant hizzhonor the slimeball mayor of couse, 2nd Div!
Bloomberg does not need money, favor or anything else........he can buy his way, yet he sells his soul?
He’ll be a shoo-in during the next election!
In Islam, mosques are territorial markers; and every architectural feature is symbolic.
Has everyone forgotten that terror mastermind Muhammad Atta studied architecture at Cairo University, and went to Hamburg, Germany to continue his studies, taking increasing umbrage at the fact that skyscrapers were becoming the most visible feature of the cityscape, when, in his view, the mosque alone should dominate the skyline?
Bloomberg doesn't grasp the obvious. Bloomberg and his allies are idiots--- and worse than idiots, enablers.
Bloombergidiot.....enough said.... =.=
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