Quote Originally Posted by bigsby
Made easy for them? I'm not sure what you are talking about. They aren't asking for anything to be made easy. They are asking for the same rights that everyone else has. The Greek Orthodox church is in a shit fight with the Port Authority over compensation and where they will rebuild. I can understand that they are pissed off about the situation but that has nothing to do with the Islamic center. And no one is suggesting that they should not be allowed to rebuild, right?
They will no doubt be required to build somewhere else, which is not their first choice, but that's the situation and I'm sure that it will work out.

Quote Originally Posted by bigsby
So this is about preservation of a historic building? Come on. Or are you saying that nothing should be built on land / buildings that were damaged in the collapse? There are plenty of other buildings that were damaged and which have now been either repaired or are being rebuilt. Or is it just that Muslims should not be allowed to build / rebuild in that area? Because it sounds like that is what you are saying.

You do not have a free society if you pick and choose how rights are applied. Rights must be universal.

This is a historic building. The mayor hand picks the landmarks commission and that building had been up for landmark status for some 12 years before 9/11/01, I have a very hard time believing that they came up with a unanimous vote of denial just out of the blue. Well, maybe that is a signal that it's time for the opponents of the mosque to take the gloves off as well - politically speaking, of course.