You claimed one of the families members wanted the Mosque (I didn't responded "so what?), instead I made the counter claim that most first responders DON'T want the Mosque built. Therefore, your desire for the one mother of a first responder is at very least neutralized.
I don't know how each individual person in this Mosque feels about it. Some prolly think all this isn't worth it.
But, they needed a building and one was for sale, so they bought it.
We can't judge an entire religion based on the actions of a few of it's adherents. Muslim Americans need not hang their heads in shame or sit on the back of the bus or do anything different just because some crazies worship the same God they do.
They don't need anyones permission to exercise their first amendment rights and they don't need to be sensitive toward anyone that wants to disscriminate against them based on the actions of other people that they ave nothing to do with.
They still have their freedom of religion.
Just not their property rights?
How is that freedom?
They already bought the property, no body cared about the old Burlington Coat Factory until they heard Mosque. So anyone painting this as hollowed ground missed the boat when it was sold 4 years ago.
If Muslims wanted to remove the Washington monument and replace it with a Mosque we wouldn't allow it (at least I hope not) based on the fact that the Washington monument is a national park and not zoned for building Mosque's. That fact wouldn't remove their freedom of religion. Instead... they would have to build elsewhere.
They didn't buy the Washington monument, they bought the old Burlington Coat Factory.
Cause they needed a building and it was for sale.
They have been five blocks away for 30 years, they wanted a building near their old one because that's the area they service.
In this case... they have the right to build, but they should choose to build elsewhere out of respect and sensitivity towards 911. Again, that doesn't remove their right to be a Muslim, it just means they should choose to build their building in another location.
I'd like to see Americans stand shoulder to shoulder and support these American's right to their religion and property.
I'd like us all to say them "some people might try to blame you for this but not here, because we are Americans and we stand up for one another"
Is the first amendment limitless? No. Furthermore... who's claiming they are doing something illegal by building there?? Nobody is!!! Nobody is saying they don't have a constitutional right to build the building.
Then what's the drama about?
Instead what people are saying is... out of respect to the situation and the very special set of circumstances surrounding 911 the Muslims should voluntarily choose to build their high-rise Islamic cultural center/Mosque in a another location.
They should hang their heads in same and get to the back of the bus?
That would just validate peoples perception that they were in some way responsible.
Similarly... insensitive Christian churches shouldn't plant 15 trees commemorating the Columbine massacre.
This has nothing to do with 9-11.
This is an existing community that as been in lower Manhattan for 30 years and is needing to expand, they bought a building that was for sale and nobody cared that they owned it for 4 years.
The word Mosque is uttered and the long knives come out.
Are we gonna let the terrorists do this to us?
Turn on our fellow country men and oppress them because of what God they worship?
People from every faith died that day, when those people rushed into that inferno they didn't ask each other "what God do you worship?"
We shouldn't be asking that now.
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