Posted on 08/13/2010 7:10:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Obama on Friday took a strong stand in favor of building a mosque near the site where Muslim terrorists flew airplanes into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, breaking his silence on a political tempest that has left the country divided.
In prepared remarks for a White House dinner celebrating Ramadan, Obama framed the issue as one of religious freedom. Muslims, like anyone else, "have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country," Obama said. "That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in Lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances."
The uproar over the proposed mosque has rekindled a debate over religious tolerance in a post-Sept. 11 society. Some relatives of Sept. 11 victims have come out against the mosque, as have prominent politicians. Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin wrote in a Twitter feed that the mosque would be an "unnecessary provocation" at a time when the collapse of the Twin Towers was "too raw, too real."
A majority doesn't want to see the mosque built, surveys show. A CNN/Opinion Research poll earlier this month showed 68% opposed plans to build the mosque, with 29% in favor. Count as part of the minority New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who recently gave a speech defending the planned Islamic center.
In a statement released Friday night, Bloomberg said: "As I said last week, this proposed mosque and community center in Lower Manhattan is as important a test of the separation of church and state as we may see in our lifetime, and I applaud President Obama's clarion defense of the freedom of religion tonight."
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I’ll mosey on over and make it 11. :-)
FUBO!
Listen closely. This will not be pleasant.
John Adams said, our Constitution was made ONLY for a moral people, and that it was totally unsuited to govern any other kind of people.
Muslims and Liberals are OTHER kinds of people.
The Constitution is dead.
They won. They killed it. Diluted it, pissed on it, burned it and ignore it.
The only ones still abiding by it are us, we need to stop.
This battle is lost, but there is one more to claim the spoils of the entire war.
We can win the war, but the cost is admitting we lost, forgoing the constitution, winning, and then as the Declaration says, setting forth a compact which we best believe able to protect our liberties.
The longer we play by the rules while they cheat, the less likely is any victory or hope at all.
Now I will spell it out in simple terms.
If we give in to this Mosque, because we uphold the 1st Amendment, we will LOSE those rights ourselves by their hands against us.
If we oppose this mosque, violating our 1st Amendment, we have ourselves, sacrificed it.
In the former, we are both DEAD and have lost our rights.
In the later, we have sacrificed them, that we may live and that God willing, we may write a stronger, clearer more complete compact.
Choose. Act. The war is almost over.
Yes, practice their religion “as anyone else in this country.”
Since when has child pedophilia and rape been allowed in the U.S.? Since when has killing the “infidels” and “blasphemers” been allowed in the U.S.?
Since when has “Sharia” been allowed in the U.S.?
Since when have “honor killings” been allowed in the U.S.?
I’d say it was allowed on Jan. 20, 2009. Capish?
It’s time to put up that Hirosima Memorial at Pearl Harbor.
You’re at 12...
Apparently it's acceptable for this administration to discriminate against women.
Has obama finally thrown off his sheep skin cloak to expose the wolf hiding inside?
Or will the wolf continue to hide under the sheep skin cloak, while pretending it’s the Christian thing to do to allow the mosque to be built near such sacred ground?
He hides.....
My word do they hate everybody over there ~ you can see meltdowns in the ranks of the Leftwingtards almost every day, and Obama is plummeting in popularity by the moment.
I'd feel sorry for them, but I don't!
I just hope we’ve got it on tape....this is wonderful political capital.
No.
Claimed is one thing, taken over & occupied is a unicorn of a different color, don't you think? The ammo and firearms plants have been working 3 shifts, 7 days a week since 2008.
I’m wondering how you could constitutionally prohibit building this mosque, no matter how distasteful it may be
WE DID IT TO THE MORMONS....... THE Edmunds–Tucker Act
The act disincorporated both the LDS Church and the Perpetual Emigration Fund on the grounds that they fostered polygamy
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/06/is-this-america-christian-activists-arrested-in-dearborn.html
“Is this America? Christian activists arrested in Dearborn just for showing up at Arab Festival”
why wasn’t barry supportive of their rights at the Dearborn Muslim fest?
Screw you Mr Obama.
Well, he is the Emperor of America. I guess it's his call.
(rolls eyes...)
It does not matter. People who pay $50 to 120 a month for sat or cable TV are sending $5 a month to CNN or MSNBC/NBC/CNBC. This is how the money is divided up. 5 networks control 99% of the cable channels. ALL of TV including the NFFL, MBL, NCAA, and NBA support Ob ama.
Anyone who pays a penny for TV is supporting Obama. The public are fools. Fox? Saudi shareholders. NYC mosque? Saudis. Obama’s election? Saudi money. Murdoch and Blair behind islamification of the UK - Saudi and ME money. Coming to america. Dead troops in Iraq and Afghan becing killed cause of intel leaked by muslim moles in “US” intel, military and govt? Back by Saudi Muslim Brotherhood.
The public has no clue.
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