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We did it! We the people. President Obama pushed for it, then-Mayor of NYC Michael Bloomberg supported it, the media actively campaigned for it — the elites in their increasingly fragile ivory towers stumped for the mosque. But the people stood up and fought it and won. Hey Obama, YES. WE. CAN. ‘Ground Zero mosque’ officially scrapped ‘Market-maker’ skyscraper planned for controversial site The infamous “Ground Zero mosque” debate is officially over. A “market maker” 70-story skyscraper will soon break ground at lower Manhattan’s 45 Park Place, ending any possibility of resurrecting plans for the religious building. Imam Feisal Abdul...

“New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has doubled down on his “defense of religious liberty” rhetoric with respect to the proposed mosque near Ground Zero. To listen to the mayor, you’d think that the religious liberty of American Muslims was in jeopardy. That’s nonsense, of course. Religious liberty is the right to worship free of government-imposed obstacles. Rather than imposing obstacles, the Bloomberg Administration has bent over backwards to accommodate Muslim-Americans. As I’ve noted elsewhere, there are at least one hundred mosques in New York City right now, and people worship there unmolested. Years ago, Mayor Bloomberg appointed the General...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday endorsed plans for a Muslim mosque two blocks from ground zero in New York City, declaring that "Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country." In remarks prepared for delivery at a White House dinner celebrating the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Obama said all Americans have the right to worship as they choose. "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, Obama said. "This is America,...