[2ndDivisionVet]

The founding fathers fought the Barbary Pirates not long after the American Revolution, McKay, so they knew Muslims for what they were.

[tgusa]

I suggest McKay go on a missions trip to KSA. Be sure to bring along plenty of Bibles, copies of Mormon tracts, etc. I’m certain he would be met with open arms. /sarc

[Eric in the Ozarks]

“There’s no simple answer, of course.”

What nonsense.

[tioga]

when you are young and wet behind the ears, living in a bubble......don’t know your history, you are doomed to repeat it.

[noname07718]

When we can build Catholic Churches and Synagogues in Saudi Arabia we can talk about what rights do muzzies have to build their mosque where they want to.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

[MEGoody]

Are we seriously debating whether a mainstream religion should have the right to build a house of worship?

No one is saying they can't build it. They are just complaining about WHERE it is being built.

Cities restrict where churches can be built, so what's the problem?

Just build the darn thing somewhere else.

[YankeeReb]

Is this satire? Has this guy been frozen in ice since 1999? His comparisons are nonsensical when he says “Should Protestant churches be banned from places where the KKK has committed murder? “. There is a fundamental difference here, the destruction of the towers was done IN THE NAME OF ISLAM!!! We also have 1500 years of muslim conquest as evidence. It’s in the Koran and so far as I know every believing muslim takes everything in the koran as the unfiltered word of allah. The book says kill infidels , that’s allah’s command , end of story.

[Altura Ct.]

The religion of egalitarianism insist that we are all Borg. Unfortunately many on the right also drink this kool-aid.

[editor-surveyor]

“BYU” - Figures.

Only the people that lost loved ones on 9-11-01 should have a say in this.
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[TexasRepublic]

“Are we seriously debating whether a mainstream religion should have the right to build a house of worship?”

Phraking moron. Islam is not American, it is not mainstream and it is not religion; it is a murderous cult/political system.

[ScottinVA]

Only Muslims should decide whether to build Ground Zero mosque

Just as ONLY CHRISTIANS should decide whether to build churches in Saudi Arabia. McKay, when you convince the Wahabbists to step aside and allow religious freedom over there, then let's re-engage, OK son?

[SuziQ]

"Are we seriously debating whether a mainstream religion should have the right to build a house of worship? "

No, because that's not the debate. Muslims have the right to build mosques in the US; they're all over the place, right now. The question is not IF they can build, but WHERE they can build. Any city has the right to decide if a building can be placed in a particular location, especially if the city owns or manages the property.

Many people, especially the families of those murdered by Islamic extremists on 9/11, believe that this is an affront to the memories of their loved ones, and a poke in the eye to America, in general. The city can decide whether or not to sell or lease the property, and they should LISTEN to the people of the city, and of the rest of the country, since the people who died on 9/11 were from all over the US, and the world.

Mayor Bloomberg should take a cue from the Russians. When someone wanted to build a mosque in Moscow, they were told that they'd be allowed to do so only AFTER a Russian Orthodox Church was built in Saudi Arabia. It is the Saudis who are funding these mosques all over the world, yet Christians are not allowed to build houses of worship in the Saudi Kingdom.

[ScottinVA]

For another, it seems unreasonable that she wants "peace-seeking Muslims" to distinguish themselves from terrorists while so many of us seem unwilling to distinguish a Mosque from a terrorist boot camp.

[smalltownslick]

“...so many of us seem unwilling to distinguish a Mosque from a terrorist boot camp.”

Not unwilling, there isn’t much of a distinction.

[T Minus Four]

Mormons are just the PICTURE of religious tolerance...NOT!

How Utah's House Bill 131 Segregates Christians and Defies the First Amendment

Rob Sivulka being hasseled by a Utah cop to move off the public sidewalk

[mad_as_he$$]

One of the things that the “can't we all just get along” crowd does not understand is that once it is a Mosque it is claimed as Muslim territory FOREVER. The bombings in Spain were because Islam still considers Spain an Islamic possession.

[LonePalm]

Along that line of reasoning, only non-Muslims should be allowed to decide whether or not to burn it down.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[blasater1960]

I though it was a chick who wrote this. Looks like the LDS just trying to justify building wherever they want too.

[zzeeman]

Disgusting. Until the West wakes up and dispels the EVIL that is islam (lowercase on purpose) from our countries it will continue to spread with its well stated objective to destroy and conquer. islam is NOT a religion and should never be afforded any protections as such. This is one of the worst atrocities of "Political Correctness" and unless the West wakes up soon, it will be too late.