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Obama Backs Mosque Near Ground Zero
FOXnews ^

Posted on 08/13/2010 5:54:30 PM PDT by fabrizio

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed building a mosque near ground zero, saying the country's founding principles demanded no less. "As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country," Obama said, weighing in for the first time on a controversy that has riven New York and the nation. "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," he said. "This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable."

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To: Jim Robinson
Remember in November!!

WE WILL NEVER FORGET!


21 posted on 08/13/2010 6:05:42 PM PDT by 444Flyer (You, Mr. Soetoro, are a mental case.)
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To: fabrizio

He really wants to go out in flames, doesn’t he? Sounds like he’s doubling down..sort of like Chavez or the Ronery One. Even Imanutjob. 18 months folks, that’s all it took.


22 posted on 08/13/2010 6:05:52 PM PDT by SueRae (I can see November from my HOUSE!)
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To: fabrizio

Hope this is on video.


23 posted on 08/13/2010 6:05:59 PM PDT by Califelephant
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To: fabrizio
I heard Rush read this today. It makes me ill.

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The White House Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

August 11, 2010

Statement by the President on the Occasion of Ramadan

On behalf of the American people, Michelle and I want to extend our best wishes to Muslims in America and around the world. Ramadan Kareem.

Ramadan is a time when Muslims around the world reflect upon the wisdom and guidance that comes with faith, and the responsibility that human beings have to one another, and to God. This is a time when families gather, friends host iftars, and meals are shared. But Ramadan is also a time of intense devotion and reflection – a time when Muslims fast during the day and pray during the night; when Muslims provide support to others to advance opportunity and prosperity for people everywhere. For all of us must remember that the world we want to build – and the changes that we want to make – must begin in our own hearts, and our own communities.

These rituals remind us of the principles that we hold in common, and Islam’s role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings. Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity and racial equality. And here in the United States, Ramadan is a reminder that Islam has always been part of America and that American Muslims have made extraordinary contributions to our country. And today, I want to extend my best wishes to the 1.5 billion Muslims around the world – and your families and friends – as you welcome the beginning of Ramadan.

I look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan here at the White House later this week, and wish you a blessed month. May God’s peace be upon you.

24 posted on 08/13/2010 6:06:16 PM PDT by dmd25
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To: fabrizio

Is anyone suprised by this I am suprised it took him so long to endorse it. I Beleive Obama is a muslim and not a Christian as he says he is and have thought this well before he was elected President. I dont know many Christians who would cover up symbols for Jesus (GeorgeTown
University) when making a speech April 16th 2009


25 posted on 08/13/2010 6:07:02 PM PDT by funfan
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To: fabrizio

yet the guy and family doesn’t celebrate Christmas or go to church except for an anti American racist place


26 posted on 08/13/2010 6:07:45 PM PDT by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: fabrizio
"This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable."

The why in the hell would you support anything to do with islam?
Is he that clueless of what happens when islamic cultists become the majority?

27 posted on 08/13/2010 6:08:30 PM PDT by kanawa (Obama - "It's going to take a while for us to dig ourselves out of this hole.'')
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Is this something the left wants?

I can only see this hurting Obama politically ....

Is there an upside for him?


28 posted on 08/13/2010 6:09:43 PM PDT by woofie
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To: funfan

I think he is a Freemason. Can he be a Freemason and a Muslim?


29 posted on 08/13/2010 6:09:50 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: fabrizio
Mosques and the Islamization of America
30 posted on 08/13/2010 6:11:16 PM PDT by kanawa (Obama - "It's going to take a while for us to dig ourselves out of this hole.'')
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To: fabrizio
Obama Muslim Pictures, Images and Photos
31 posted on 08/13/2010 6:11:48 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: NurdlyPeon

Scary as hell.


32 posted on 08/13/2010 6:11:56 PM PDT by unkus
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To: fabrizio

No surprise here, Hussein always sides with America’s enemies.


33 posted on 08/13/2010 6:13:01 PM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a long tradition of tolerance." ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
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To: fabrizio

As Rush pointed out, this isn’t a First Amendment issue.

The Constitution only grants the ability to practice religion—not the right to build a church or a mosque wherever you want. There are a lot of mosques already in NYC for the jihadists to worship in.

This is a common decency and a zoning issue, not a First Amendment one.


34 posted on 08/13/2010 6:13:48 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (Rules will never work for radicals because they seek chaos. And don't even know it.)
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To: dmd25

Hey 0bama: Go BACK to Hell where you belong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1


35 posted on 08/13/2010 6:14:15 PM PDT by unkus
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To: fabrizio

Deekhead, of course they have the right.

What they don’t have, however, is a good reason other than to rub our noses in their 9/11 success.


36 posted on 08/13/2010 6:14:22 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
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To: fabrizio

Muslims usually do support them.

On that sacred site no less?

Traitor is about all I can say.


37 posted on 08/13/2010 6:14:40 PM PDT by R0CK3T
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To: dmd25

I’ll be waiting to see if we’ll get such a flattering and supportive proclaimation from the Regime at the start of the Jewish High Holy Days.


38 posted on 08/13/2010 6:14:57 PM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: 444Flyer

I really hope that my buddy, who we believe was incinerated into dust on the 104th floor of the North Tower, and all the other poor souls who lost their lives on 9/11 haunt this POS for the rest of his stinking life!


39 posted on 08/13/2010 6:15:21 PM PDT by Batman11 (Sarah Palin: "Illegal immigrants are called illegal for a reason!")
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To: fabrizio

FUBO!! A political ditch was just dug.


40 posted on 08/13/2010 6:15:35 PM PDT by Shqipo (I stand with AZ!)
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