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Decision Not to Rebuild Church Destroyed on 9/11 Surprises Greek Orthodox Leaders
Fox News ^
| August 18, 2010
| David Lee Miller and Kathleen Foster and FoxNews.com's Judson Berger
Posted on 08/18/2010 8:59:38 AM PDT by americanophile
Greek Orthodox leaders trying to rebuild the only church destroyed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks expressed shock this week after learning, via Fox News, that government officials had killed a deal to relocate the church.
The St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, once a tiny, four-story building in the shadows of lower Manhattan, was destroyed in 2001 by one of the falling World Trade Center towers. Nobody from the church was hurt in the attack, but the congregation has, for the past eight years, been trying to rebuild its house of worship.
Though talks between the church and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey stalled last year, church leaders say they've been trying to kick-start discussions ever since. But amid debate over whether a proposed Islamic community center should go forward near Ground Zero, government officials threw cold water on the prospect of any deal with the church -- telling Fox News the deal is off the table.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911mosque; antichristian; august13signup2010; christianity; church; doublestandard; droundzeromosque; government; greekorthodox; greekorthodoxchurch; groundzeromosque; islam; military; mosqueandstate; muslims; newsignup; newtrollonthisthread; nymosque; obama; palin; portauthority; proislamist; rebuild; sleeperonboard; stnicholaschurch
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To: PORD
didn’t the far lefts messiah say something to do with winds and how he will stand with muslims?
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posted on
08/18/2010 11:39:10 AM PDT
by
manc
(WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
To: longtermmemmory
Funny, all the Greek Americans I know are conservatives and despize obama. Rememeber most own their own business. oh wait I forgot about jenifer aniston.
Conservative Greek-Americans are a very small but growing number. By the way, Jennifer Aniston (like Tina Fey) is half Greek.
62
posted on
08/18/2010 11:45:56 AM PDT
by
eekitsagreek
(Islam is hate.)
To: eekitsagreek
From what I remember during the Dukakis race it was split 60+ republican 40- democrat.
63
posted on
08/18/2010 11:57:15 AM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: americanophile
It's separation of CHURCH and state.
Not separation of Mosque and state.
I guess you're just not smart enough to understand.
/sarc
64
posted on
08/18/2010 11:59:27 AM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
To: eekitsagreek
65
posted on
08/18/2010 11:59:33 AM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: skr; Carry_Okie
Thank you SKR. That was helpful.
Perhaps they are asking for something that is not as easily provided, depending on their financial status.
66
posted on
08/18/2010 12:06:57 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(UniTea! It's not Rs vs Ds you dimwits. It's Cs vs Ls. Cut the crap & lets build for success.)
To: texmexis best
67
posted on
08/18/2010 12:10:20 PM PDT
by
opentalk
To: americanophile
May God shame and damn the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
68
posted on
08/18/2010 12:17:04 PM PDT
by
pnh102
(Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
To: americanophile
Islam will not be happy until all people of other faiths are dead or converted. It is what they do. It is why they are so rabid.
69
posted on
08/18/2010 12:17:20 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(If you think health care is expensive now, wait till it's free.)
To: Madame Dufarge
Two-bits says Zero won’t take a stand on this one. It’s not in his agenda of world domination for Islam.
70
posted on
08/18/2010 12:18:34 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(If you think health care is expensive now, wait till it's free.)
To: cizinec
“Speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil.”
The message is not one to be welcomed so folks adopt the Ostrich Syndrome.
Idiots. Information is POWER!!
71
posted on
08/18/2010 12:21:30 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(If you think health care is expensive now, wait till it's free.)
To: scripter
72
posted on
08/18/2010 12:43:23 PM PDT
by
scripter
("You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." - C.S. Lewis)
To: cizinec; All
Go to youtube and type churches burning Kosovo. We support and protect those who are doing it in Serbia. Why would anyone think this wasnt coming here?Bump!
As Americans, we were raised to think that we were pretty invulnerable. But as I watched what was happening in the Balkans, I knew that we weren't immune. Because the same globalists who had no respect for the lives of others, also had no respect for us. 9/11 didn't come as the shock to me that it did to most other Americans.
Unfortunately, as we can see with the Ground Zero Mosque, this could well be our future too, with the globalist cops standing by and doing nothing to stop it!
73
posted on
08/18/2010 12:45:39 PM PDT
by
Bokababe
(Save Christian Kosovo! http://www.savekosovo.org)
To: FReepaholic
Islamic terrorists can destroy a peaceful Christian church yet our troops arent allowed to target mosques harboring terrorists.
Worse, they are allowed to build a victory mosque on the same site while the church is not allowed to be rebuilt.
74
posted on
08/18/2010 12:51:11 PM PDT
by
Personal Responsibility
(In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act - Orwell)
To: Personal Responsibility
in occupied cyprus the moslems are using the churches as animal stables, and are looting the frescos and mosaics.
75
posted on
08/18/2010 1:03:45 PM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: americanophile
when our government depends upon FOREIGN funding...more than upon the TAX revenues We the People provide...the Foreign Creditors’ priorities quite naturally trump those of We the People.
Americans haven’t really yet come to appreciate who really owns the Federal Government. It ain’t them.
76
posted on
08/18/2010 1:07:32 PM PDT
by
mo
To: eekitsagreek
I know 3 more:
Myself
My brother
My mother
77
posted on
08/18/2010 1:08:18 PM PDT
by
SMARTY
("What luck for rulers that men do not think." Adolph Hitler)
To: SumProVita
For it was Jesus Who was witnessed His intervention by many of those who miraculously survived the disaster.
My cousin (in-law) was visiting NYC with his teenage son that week. They had an early morning planned for 9-11, but the boy was staying up late playing video games (jet lag from West coast). My cousin is normally a tough parent, letting the kids learn from their mistakes, and would have rousted him from bed for their full day of touring that included a visit to the WTC.
But he told me later that when he was going to wake his son, he felt a hand on his back, and heard the message: “let the boy sleep.”
78
posted on
08/18/2010 1:19:53 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Anything worth doing, is worth doing badly at first.)
To: longtermmemmory
Um, the letter writer's a Republican candidate for Congress.
And now that Obama very publicly gave his full-throated support to the mosque (despite subsequent back-pedaling), let him very publicly state his position on the Greek church.
The smartest President ever set himself up for this one; I'll enjoy seeing him try to squirm and lie his way out. So he does have a lot to do with this.
To: Madame Dufarge
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posted on
08/18/2010 1:59:19 PM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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