My Thoughts on the "Ground Zero Mosque"

I won't belabor the fact that the proposed building is not simply a mosque (although it does contain worship space), nor that within the same radius of Ground Zero there are lots of possibly not very savory businesses.

Muslim believers and worshippers have every right to build their building. There are a number of constitutionally-guaranteed freedoms involved, not the least being the freedom of religion. It is simply wrong for anyone to try to prevent their doing what they propose.

That said, I have to say that, for them to wish to do what they are doing—certainly with full knowledge of Americans' feelings about the area and what happened there—is insensitive at best and provocative at worst.

So I am saying, they should not want to do this, but if they press ahead anyway, we have no right to stop them.

Here is a link to a very good article on the subject, with which I agree:

http://www.aolnews.com/opinion/article/opinion-whos-being-insensitive-about-the-ground-zero-mosque/19606975

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