Posted on 08/25/2011 8:58:23 AM PDT by katiedidit1
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is under attack for refusing to allow members of the clergy to play a role in the city’s commemoration of the tenth anniversary of 9/11.
Bloomberg insists the ceremonies should focus on the families of those killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center. He is also barring political speech. But pastors and politicians are lining up to lambast his decision, reports The Wall Street Journal.
"This is America, and to have a memorial service where there's no prayer, this appears to be insanity to me," said Rudy Washington, a deputy mayor under Bloomberg’s predecessor Rudy Giuliani, who organized a nationally televised interfaith ceremony at Yankee Stadium in the days after the 2001 attacks.
"I feel like America has lost its way," added Washington. “I am very upset about it. This is crazy.”
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bloomberg the socialist.
No religion, no politics, so that just leaves money?
Piss Ant Bloomberg......
America is a judeo/christian nation. This is an outrage and insult to the families that lost loved ones.
WELL, they are bout to get hit by a major hurricane in NYC so I guess he wont want prayers for city to be safe either...go to hell bloomberg!
Can we truly say that this guy is actually Jewish if he’s willing to ban his religion and everyone else’s at this event? Just think about it.
bloomturd
But this idiot is all in for a sharia mosque to be built close to the site. He’ll do anything to keep Judeo/Christians out of “his” city.
The real truth is, most likely, he doesn’t want to offend his muslim buddies. I bet if some imam wanted to say a muslim prayer he would be all over it.
The idiot rails against the things that made New York , New York. Hard working people with Judeo Christian values.
It aint Islam .
Islam has NEVER contributed to modern man. They are just takers and destroyers.
He needs to go and kiss a cat.
The communists have overrun America. Calling these people socialists is like having your head in the sand. They are hard core communists and already have destroyed so much of America that we may never recover.
>>> bloomberg the socialist.
Does it occur to you if he had a Christian minister speaking, he would be required to have a Muslim as well? There were several dozen Muslims who were killed while working in the towers that day along with the rest.
Is that what you want to see at a 9/11 memorial. Now you won’t.
Perhaps Bloomberg and his cohorts will be banned when it comes to entering the Kingdom of Heaven.
Now vs. Eternity.
Really not a difficult choice for most people.
Progressivism will be the death of us all. And I mean that literally.
It occured to me that the families could deal with one muslim cleric speaking to those that lost family members vs clergy from the baptist, cathoic, methodist, etc faith. America is still a judeo/christian nation and that is the reason so many faiths have freedom to practice...however, there would be great comfort to the christian and jewish families to hear from their rabbis, preachers. It outweighs the words of one muslim imo.
Flash Mob Needed for prayer.
What would Bloomberg do? Throw everybody in jail?
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