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Re: Mosque in new york to possibly move!
Now we're concerned for violating the 1st Amendment. Just so we're clear...
It's not okay for a state to "give public land" to a private entity in order to build a place of worship off of or away from hallowed ground in order to serve and protect the public trust.
But it's okay to deny the owners of this same place of worship their legal right to build said place of worship on private land that met all applicable city ordinance laws thereby affording them their 1st Amendment right to worship as they please?
That's brilliant!
If published reports are true, what I'm beginning to see taking place around this country amounts to the same level of fear and bigotry that was espoused to slaves before they were freed. This issue stopped being about sensativity for the victims of 9/11 and their families when mosques around the country were being denies their legal right to be built. Were will it end, people? Can't you see the larger picture here?
To deny these mosques to be built is to ignore one of our basis Constitutional freedoms - to worship as we please. In doing so, we're very likely to spark the very holy war we claim we we're trying to prevent.
You hate or mistrust Muslims of all types from all lands simply because of what a small few did on one tragic day, not what those who want to do the right thing say, not what they do. So, you deny them their right to worship by denying their legal right to build a place of worship, yet you'll approval the building of a Christian church, a Jewish synagoge, or Budist Temple. You're afraid of being hurt by the enemy from within (sleeper cells and home grown terrorist) and from without (terrorist coming to the U.S. on student or tourist VISAs). I understand your concerns, but folks that's why we have local, state and federal law enforcement to protect us from these people. Granted, they dropped the ball in the days, weeks and months leading up to 9/11, but have stepped up efforts since. When was the last successful terrorist attack on U.S. soil? Those who honestly believe they are stopping another terrorist attack from happening again by denying these mosques to be built are actually embolding the very enemy you're trying to keep at bay. It's a shame most of you refuse to see that! Frankly, I'm more afraid for our country's national security than I've ever been in the days after 9/11. These are freightening times because we as a nation are once again being consumed by our own prejudicies...and fear instead of placing our protective agencies at the forefront and allowing them to continue to do their due diligence on our behalf which is to protect and serve. But you don't throw this country into a police state, not over the protection of one of our basic human rights.
Anyone else see a 1st amendment problem with this?
Now we're concerned for violating the 1st Amendment. Just so we're clear...
It's not okay for a state to "give public land" to a private entity in order to build a place of worship off of or away from hallowed ground in order to serve and protect the public trust.
But it's okay to deny the owners of this same place of worship their legal right to build said place of worship on private land that met all applicable city ordinance laws thereby affording them their 1st Amendment right to worship as they please?
That's brilliant!
If published reports are true, what I'm beginning to see taking place around this country amounts to the same level of fear and bigotry that was espoused to slaves before they were freed. This issue stopped being about sensativity for the victims of 9/11 and their families when mosques around the country were being denies their legal right to be built. Were will it end, people? Can't you see the larger picture here?
To deny these mosques to be built is to ignore one of our basis Constitutional freedoms - to worship as we please. In doing so, we're very likely to spark the very holy war we claim we we're trying to prevent.
You hate or mistrust Muslims of all types from all lands simply because of what a small few did on one tragic day, not what those who want to do the right thing say, not what they do. So, you deny them their right to worship by denying their legal right to build a place of worship, yet you'll approval the building of a Christian church, a Jewish synagoge, or Budist Temple. You're afraid of being hurt by the enemy from within (sleeper cells and home grown terrorist) and from without (terrorist coming to the U.S. on student or tourist VISAs). I understand your concerns, but folks that's why we have local, state and federal law enforcement to protect us from these people. Granted, they dropped the ball in the days, weeks and months leading up to 9/11, but have stepped up efforts since. When was the last successful terrorist attack on U.S. soil? Those who honestly believe they are stopping another terrorist attack from happening again by denying these mosques to be built are actually embolding the very enemy you're trying to keep at bay. It's a shame most of you refuse to see that! Frankly, I'm more afraid for our country's national security than I've ever been in the days after 9/11. These are freightening times because we as a nation are once again being consumed by our own prejudicies...and fear instead of placing our protective agencies at the forefront and allowing them to continue to do their due diligence on our behalf which is to protect and serve. But you don't throw this country into a police state, not over the protection of one of our basic human rights.
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