So how come public money to help build the mosque doesn’t violate separation of church and state the Left is usually so quick to throw in the face of other religions?
Read Christian Religions, mainstream. Obama’s Pastor Wright qualifies for Public assistance.
barbra ann
Yup, it is a constitutional violation for real, not the made up ones like removing the ten commandments from court rooms, maybe a sharia pillar complete with some pathetic Iman in each court is next from the perspective of fairness..
This country needs a government reset..
Repubs if you are given back the majority and don’t respect our will this time and turn into dem light, the game is over, we don’t have time to play politics anymore, from your side or theirs, it is time to reset this crazy spending, anti christian, comunistic leaning path we have been on and get real!!!
Balance the budget, seal the borders, eliminate income taxes, eliminate home taxes so that folks can retire and not be held hostage to the government, make doing business in America the freeist in the world. If it takes roads to be dirt, and 1/2 of washington dc vacant property to accomplish who cares..I’d rather ride slow than lose my home because of government taxes at old age..
So how come public money to help build the mosque doesn’t violate separation of church and state the Left is usually so quick to throw in the face of other religions?
A couple things to clarify here.
a) The Mosque is entirely responsible for the repayment of these proposed tax-exempt bonds. The City is merely allowing the Mosque to use their tax-exempt conduit to get a lower interest rate. The City is not providing the cash. Private investors will buy these bonds.
b) This type of financing is available to Christian Schools and organizations. And it is used by said Christian organizations all the time.
c) This type of financing was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2002 in the Zelman case on school vouchers used in the City of Cleveland. The ACLU said the vouchers were unconstitutional because they were being used by parents for religious schools. The Court said as long as the parents made the choice of school (Christian, Jewish, Muslim, etc) they sent their kids to, there was no establishment of a religion.
d) The whole thing turns on what is being built. The portion of the facility that is used by the general public for health, education (secular) and welfare can qualify for tax-exempt financing. Anything used for religion and spiritual purposes may not.
e) I agree that Sharia law would prohibit this type of borrowing since interest must be paid. These guys have to pay cash or get a zero interest loan from their buddies in Saudi for this to be Sharia compliant.