Nobody opposes the building of the mosque. The controversy is about the sensitive nature of the location of the mosque. How many Americas have been denied the permit to open a BBQ place because it was too close to a mosque?
We can’t have a policy, enforced by the state, of one-way sensitivity. We can’t have a situation, enforced by law, that allows Muslims to do whatever they want to do and then forces Christians and all Americans to tip-toe around them. And that is exactly where we are headed now.
You will have to clarify your remarks. I don’t understand your point.
Okay, let me make it it crystal clear. I am defending the specific PRIVATE PROPERTY rights of a specific owner to build, or not build on, a specific piece of land that he her or she purchased legally. If you, on the other hand, want to use for the force of governemnt to selectively prohibit that specific owner from building on his specific land, then we disagree. Do we? Now is is your turn to clarify your remarks.
Your point about the denial of rights to Christians is perfectly true. The best strategy to achieve justice is to emphasize the fight against those violations of private property, not SELECTIVELY EXTEND those violations to others. For example, opponents of the mosque would be far more effective if they focused their efforts on helping the the Greek Orthodox church at ground zero in its fight to build a taller steeple on a specific piece of land. Instead of stressing this hypocrisy, however, they only weaken the case of that church, when they divert the issue into a campaign to selectively violate the private property rights of another specific owner.
Let's use this analogy. Let's say a specific willing seller and buyer in NYC want to build a new Christian church two blocks away from a Muslim cemetery. How would respond to the anti-Church argument that "why do they need to build near Muslim 'sacred ground' since there are thousands of Christians church in New York and they can build elsewhere?"
I oppose the building of one more mosque in the US. I also support deporting every single Moslem who has any connection to any terrorist organization.
I also support having Arabic speaking FBI or other guys attend every meeting in every mosque to determine if they are fomenting terrorism.
Also any Moslem non-citizen should be off welfare, foodstamps, HUD and any and all other public services as of yesterday. And any Moslem who verbally supports terrorism (many have) should be deported, and all relatives of such supportees should be deported with them.