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Gwinnett says no to Hindu Temple
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^

Posted on 06/30/2006 9:36:32 AM PDT by The Lion Roars

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 06/27/06

Gwinnett County commissioners struck down plans Tuesday for a Hindu group to build a temple down the street from a second, larger temple in Lilburn.

Commissioners made the unanimous decision because a temple of its size would be out of character with the area and the neighbors, said commissioner Bert Nasuti.

"I've never seen a church or a religious organization that didn't desire to grow," Nasuti said. "This is too much structure for this property."

Ramesh Suhagia, speaking for the Hindu group, proposed scaling down the size, but to no avail.

The 13,000-square foot temple for the Swaminarayan Satsang Mandir of Atlanta would have been on on four acres on Lawrenceville Highway. The property is behind a Walgreens in a largely residential negihborhood about a mile from a second temple more than twice as large already under construction by another Swaminarayan Hindu congregation. Because the larger temple is in Lilburn's city limits, its builders did not need permission from county government.

Leaders of the group denied construction permission Tuesday said they would meet together and sort out their options. Mansukh Dhanani [cq], president of Swaminarayan Satsang Mandir of Atlanta, said his group would look for land elsewhere in Gwinnett County, and expressed optimism.

"I've lived for 10 years in Gwinnett. My business is here," he said. "Man will let you down. God will not."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: discrimination; hindu; india; news; persecution; temple; violence; youngearthcultonfr
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1 posted on 06/30/2006 9:36:34 AM PDT by The Lion Roars
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To: PatrickHenry

A "wrong god" ping.


2 posted on 06/30/2006 9:37:28 AM PDT by Junior (Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
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To: The Lion Roars

Funny. I live in Gwinnett and there's a small Hindu temple about 5 minutes from my house.


3 posted on 06/30/2006 9:39:34 AM PDT by Leroy S. Mort
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To: Gengis Khan; MimirsWell

ping


4 posted on 06/30/2006 9:45:27 AM PDT by The Lion Roars
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To: The Lion Roars

Old Button must be doing pretty well. Is he the last survivor of the signers of the Declaration of Independence?


5 posted on 06/30/2006 9:47:13 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes (Some people are too stupid to be ashamed.)
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To: Junior

Are there that many Hindus in Lilburb GA?


6 posted on 06/30/2006 9:47:48 AM PDT by brooklyn dave (Allah Allah on the Kabaa wall, who has the prettiest burkah of them all?)
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To: brooklyn dave

Lilburn GA sorry


7 posted on 06/30/2006 9:48:20 AM PDT by brooklyn dave (Allah Allah on the Kabaa wall, who has the prettiest burkah of them all?)
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To: The Lion Roars

If it had beens a mosque would it have been approved?.........


8 posted on 06/30/2006 9:48:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Follow an IROC long enough and sooner or later you will wind up in a trailer park..........)
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To: The Lion Roars
Bet they wouldn't get away with it if it was a Mosque. The County Commissioners' houses would probably be burned down, if they were lucky that is.
9 posted on 06/30/2006 9:49:30 AM PDT by El Gato
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To: Junior
What makes you the final authority on the "wrong god". This is a slippery slope. The Islamic murderers claim their god is the only right one and all else are false. Hindusim has never said that their god is the right one and is by far the most accepting and tolerant religion in the world. I am a Hindu that is extremely pro-Christian and am what I call a non-Christian Christian. My one problem is monotheism, how can you say that all other people's path to god is false and all other gods are wrong. Hindus in the USA are the most peaceful, law abiding immigrant community you could ever find, a mirror image of Muslims, why put down our religious faith when we are the most pro-American non Christian religious community there is.
10 posted on 06/30/2006 9:49:49 AM PDT by Maneesh
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To: brooklyn dave

Lilburn has a relatively large Indian and Asian population and the best schools in the county, IMHO.


11 posted on 06/30/2006 9:50:47 AM PDT by Leroy S. Mort
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To: The Lion Roars
The whole idea of PRIVATE PROPERTY is DEAD in the USA.

And not just of Kelso. This is the perfect example. If the collective doesn't think your suggested building is in keeping with their small minded ideas of what you should be doing, too freaking bad, Charlie or Sanjay, as the case may be.

Another pathetic brick in the wall of the mausoleum of "land of the free".

Let us make it official and rename ourselves: we are the USSA: United Socialist States of America. Let us make a new motto for our utopian collective: baaaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaaaa

12 posted on 06/30/2006 9:50:49 AM PDT by Jack Black
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To: Junior

""wrong god"

That's pretty ignorant....


13 posted on 06/30/2006 9:51:21 AM PDT by observer5 ("Better violate the rights of a few, than of all!)
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To: Red Badger

I dont know about Hindu religion. What do they believe? Are they violent like Musklims?

I understand about zoning and making buildings fit the area and surroundings and all that jazz, but why would Hindu's be sorted out for their religion?


14 posted on 06/30/2006 9:51:32 AM PDT by Concho ((I'd rather be hunting.))
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To: observer5
It's an inside joke and has nothing to do with what you are thinking.

Sorry about the misunderstanding.

15 posted on 06/30/2006 9:52:39 AM PDT by Junior (Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
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To: Junior

No way to win in a thread like this, especially if your view is that all zoning laws are essentially Unconstitutional. I'm out.


16 posted on 06/30/2006 9:53:07 AM PDT by PatrickHenry (Unresponsive to trolls, lunatics, fanatics, retards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
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To: Maneesh

See the post above this one.


17 posted on 06/30/2006 9:53:17 AM PDT by Junior (Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
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To: Concho

They can, and will, get violent especially against Muslims. Sometimes against Christians, too, in India.........


18 posted on 06/30/2006 9:53:17 AM PDT by Red Badger (Follow an IROC long enough and sooner or later you will wind up in a trailer park..........)
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To: Maneesh

The "Jesus Alone" crowd can be just as bone-headed as the Islamist, though they have given up the violent part a while ago.


19 posted on 06/30/2006 9:54:40 AM PDT by observer5 ("Better violate the rights of a few, than of all!)
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To: Jack Black

Good post!


20 posted on 06/30/2006 9:57:45 AM PDT by 383rr ((those who choose security over liberty deserve neither; GUN CONTROL=SLAVERY)
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