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It doesn't make any difference what anyone thinks about this building; it is perfectly legal for it to be built there. Christian religious fanatics are using this issue to persuade Americans that we should forget our constitution and practice prejudice.
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Christian religious fanatics are using this issue to persuade Americans that we should forget our constitution and practice prejudice.
Believe me, they - Christian religious fanatics - are a tiny minority in the world wide protest on this matter. So tiny in fact that they are not even on the radar.
It's much bigger than that. It's much more than that. Google it up and spend 4 to 8 hours reading all about it and you will only get a wee capsule/snapshot or who is protesting and why. You won't get anything near the big picture - the whole story.
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it's pretty simple.
people are using under-developed reasoning skills to link all of Islam with the attack on the WTC, and have been revving up their "OUTRAGE" so they can pretend like it matters that some muslims want to set up a community center within a lightyear of the former WTC.
It is intollerance, jingoism, and a desire to manipulate the credulous that has put this project on the national radar.
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I think any reason for attacking religion isn't such a bad thing. I'm on board the don't build the Mosque bandwagon. Maybe we can cut this cancer out one mosque/church at a time.
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Regarding the mosque near ground zero, I say let them build it. But across the street, we should put a topless bar called "You Mecca Me Hot". Next to that, a gay bar called "The Turban Cowboy" and next to that, a pork-rib restaurant called "Iraq o' Ribs" and a check cashing center called..."Iran... out of money" Let's see... who's really tolerant!
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Regarding the mosque near ground zero, I say let them build it. But across the street, we should put a topless bar called "You Mecca Me Hot". Next to that, a gay bar called "The Turban Cowboy" and next to that, a pork-rib restaurant called "Iraq o' Ribs" and a check cashing center called..."Iran... out of money" Let's see... who's really tolerant!
The terrorists have won (or something. I am not sure how this FEAR is supposed to work.)
They put up a mosque. No not that one. A different one. one that no one has been even slightly concerned about while painting their shorts over the other one.
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