Posted on 08/09/2010 4:34:33 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) has added his name to the growing list of high-profile conservatives to oppose the opening of a mosque near the site of the World Trade Center.
Kyl's rank makes him the most prominent GOP senator to challenge the project — a multi-story Islamic cultural center — so far. Sens. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) have all called it "insensitive" to the families of 9/11 victims, while Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) has said that developers should "put the brakes" on construction.
Plans to build the center, sponsored by the Cordoba Initiative, were approved by a community board in late May.
In an editorial published Monday by the Yuma Sun, Kyl said that while the project is ultimately a matter for New York City, local officials must remember that "our country is still at war with radical Islamists and that victims of the 9/11 attacks have a stake in their decision too."
"The uneasiness that many Americans feel is understandable," Kyl wrote. "Ground Zero, of course, is not just a plot of land awaiting development. Thousands of innocent people lost their lives at the hands of Islamist terrorists there. ... Decisions about developing the area require special consideration and sensitivity to those who lost loved ones in the September 11 terrorist attacks."
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has declined to comment on the project, which gained national attention after former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R) each condemned the project.
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If they ever build this monstrosity, they had better make it more bomb proof than Hitlers Berlin bunker.
God Bless John Kyl for his courage.
People will be lined up 10,000 deep to blow this thing to Kingdom come.
Raising money for muslim gay bar next to Ny mosque..
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/08/09/greg-gutfeld-im-raising-money-to-build-a-muslim-gay-bar-next-to-the-ground-zero-mosque/
If “people” get behind this like they did the Dubai ports deal, we can stop this now!
Wouldn’t it be easier to just say “NO! F—K NO! You can build your house of horrors in Mecca. You can show your goodwill by tearing down the rest of your houses of malevolence”
A caller to the Limbaugh Show today pointed out the Call to Worship over the loudspeakers 5 times a day. How long do you think NY-ers would put up with that?
It's nice to hear some sanity from such an insane chamber of our government.
All politicians, at every political level, who are for the building of this mosque need to be exposed asap and often! If non-leftists don’t win “big” on November 2, then something is very wrong.
BUMP - thanks Senator Kyl.
Echoes of former Governor Sarah Palin!
McConnell and the rest of the Ruling Class in DC better find their spine, guts, and gonads to stop this outrage. Millions of patriotic Americans are questioning their patriotism. We have brave men and women fighting Muslim fanatics. These Ruling Class suck ups in DC are disgracing the victims of 9/11 and disgracing our military by not actively stopping this slap in America’s face.
All you have to do is look up the Muslim history of Cordoba Spain to see why they named it that. This is intended as a beachhead in their war to conquer and rule America by Sharia law.
Thanks Kyl, but there really isn’t much that the Senate can do to stop this.
This has to be stopped by the people of New York.
>McConnell and the rest of the Ruling Class in DC better find their spine, guts, and gonads to stop this outrage.<
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Yeah, it’s a moral outrage. Worse even, it’s a Bloomberg.
Got a way to go to catch up to Palin, but it's a start.
What you said ...bump
...Call to Worship over the loudspeakers 5 times a day...
I’d rather hear vuvuzelas!
After McCain/2008, it’s very nice to be a proud Arizona native again. Gov. Brewer, Sheriff Arpaio, Sheriff Babeu, Sen. Kyl and others ably represent my home state. McCain does not.
That is true, but 911 affected the entire country,everyone should be speaking out loud and clear. NO NO NO NO
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