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Nadler: “No way' for government to block mosque
politico.com ^ | August 15, 2010 | James Hohmann

Posted on 08/15/2010 10:58:48 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Democratic congressman who represents ground zero in New York, vigorously defended a group’s right to build a mosque near what was once the World Trade Center.

“There’s no way for government to block this,” the liberal congressman said on CNN’s “State of the Union," reiterating a point he made in a statement on Saturday.

Asked about polling that shows bipartisan opposition to the project, Nadler said public opinion shouldn’t matter and stressed his fundamental belief that government has no right or business to comment one way or another on an issue of this sort.

“We do not put the Bill of Rights, we do not put religious freedom, to a vote,” he said. “I hope that people will understand that government has no role in this.”

He declined to say whether he believes the mosque sponsors should work with local officials to find a new location.

And he said that he did not see the location choice as insensitive.

“It is only insensitive if you regard Islam as the culprit, as opposed to Al Qaeda as the culprit" of the Sept. 11 attacks, he said.“Islam did not attack us.”

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1 posted on 08/15/2010 10:58:49 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Why does the left want so badly to rub salt in the wounds of 9/11?

Follow the mony.

2 posted on 08/15/2010 11:00:23 AM PDT by Mamzelle (Cameras, cameras--never forget to bring your cameras)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“No way”...eh?

Somehow we manage to not allow right to life groups near abortion clinics, not allow folks to fly flags from their homes, etc. etc.

We’ll stop this muslabortion one way or another... I’ll leave it up to folks in NY to come up with an appropriate fire/explosion/anthrax/etc.

Oh, be sure to wait until it’s full....of ...er...


3 posted on 08/15/2010 11:01:24 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Islam did not attack us.

BS. They've been doing it for decades before anyone had ever heard of al Qaeda.

4 posted on 08/15/2010 11:01:54 AM PDT by edpc (Ruck Famadan)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Even lots of liberals I know are mad about the Mosque. There will be a lot of politicians who will lose their jobs over this issue.


5 posted on 08/15/2010 11:02:09 AM PDT by StolarStorm
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To: Free ThinkerNY

6 posted on 08/15/2010 11:02:30 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
“There’s no way for government to block this”

Oh really? I wonder what fat boy would say if Walmart wanted to build there.
7 posted on 08/15/2010 11:02:49 AM PDT by WackySam (To argue with a man who has renounced his reason is like giving medicine to the dead.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Fat Bastard is putting his political neck on the block with this statement.


8 posted on 08/15/2010 11:03:09 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop thinking about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Wrong. Declare the area a federal memorial. Nobody is building a Sushi restaurant over the USS Arizona, are they?

Federalize it — and there’s a good issue for Republicans in Congress — and control it. Perfectly legal.

Also stupid is the comment Islam had nothing to do with the attack. Of course it was the entire motivation for the attack and continues to be. What else do they have to do to declare war on the west?


9 posted on 08/15/2010 11:03:30 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“Congress shall make no law ...” has nothing to do with local zoning.


10 posted on 08/15/2010 11:04:09 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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11 posted on 08/15/2010 11:04:47 AM PDT by chris37
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Really? The government doesn’t control zoning laws and permits in NY City?


12 posted on 08/15/2010 11:04:49 AM PDT by highlander_UW (Education is too important to abdicate control of it to the government)
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Then it would also be safe to say that someone could build a Southern Baptist Church there as well?
13 posted on 08/15/2010 11:04:51 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Liberals finally find an excuse for small government.


14 posted on 08/15/2010 11:04:56 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (I'd rather take my chances with someone misusing freedom than someone misusing power.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Maybe we’ll find a way for We the People to block it, Jerrold.


15 posted on 08/15/2010 11:05:12 AM PDT by Allegra (Pablo is very wily.)
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Today’s Democrats:

Always defending the “rights” of America’s enemies . . radical Islam, illegal immigrants.

Please Voters, get as many of these MoFos out of here as possible. Let’s shame them out of office so all we here from them are their crybaby whimpers.


16 posted on 08/15/2010 11:05:24 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (NO MOS-que)
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To: WackySam

Walmart is a place of worship?

That aside, there is a way to block it. Freedom of religion has NOTHING to do with construction of a building. The only things covered are the NECESSITIES involved, which is almost nothing for any religion in the world. Everything else is just extra.

They can go lay prayer mats out all damn day for all I care, but that building is NOT covered in our Constitution or any other document of this nation.


17 posted on 08/15/2010 11:05:29 AM PDT by HushTX (quit whining)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
“We do not put the Bill of Rights, we do not put religious freedom, to a vote,” he said.

Jerry either doesn't understand or chooses to ignore two very fundamental concepts. 1. Islam is not merely a religion. It is a violent political ideology with its own laws and court system. Religion is only one component of islam and is used to impose islam on non muslim societies. Islam's laws are anathema to the U.S. Constitution. The two cannot coexist in the U.S. 2. The people are the government, not the White House, not Congress and not SCOTUS.

“I hope that people will understand that government has no role in this.”

Oh really Jerry! Then why did BO/BS open his big fat muslim mouth the other night in support of the mosque at ground zero?
18 posted on 08/15/2010 11:05:36 AM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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Some on the Left may have been momentarily taken back on 9/11 but they saw Bush on the ruins of the Towers and realized that America was to blame for the anger of the Muslims and, besides, Capitalists and Jews were the main targets.


19 posted on 08/15/2010 11:05:38 AM PDT by JimSEA
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It may be built but it will never remain standing.


20 posted on 08/15/2010 11:05:55 AM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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