Quote Originally Posted by bigsby
Sorry, my comment about cherry picking the constitution was not directed at you but a general comment.

Concerning the Islamic cultural center in NYC, they own the site - Why exactly should they move? Because the property they are considering was hit by debris from the falling towers? If you have shopped for real estate in NYC (I have) you know that it is very expensive and finding the right space and location for building is not easy. Moving the site would be very costly. Who will cover that cost? How far should they be forced to move? Is 4 blocks acceptable? The site is not at ground zero. It is 2 blocks away. What makes 4 blocks more acceptable than 2 blocks? Further, there are numerous mosques in NYC. Do we have a problem with those too?

Why is this an issue? That answer is that this issue has been manufactured by the right. It is a way for the right to gin up public anger with ugly racial overtones. It is right in line with the neo-southern strategy they are rolling out.
Why does everything have to made easy for them, are they better than the rest of us? There was a famous, very old, Greek Orthodox Church, which was completety destroyed on 9/11, and that congregation still has nothing to replace it - and practically nobody even knows about that.

I don't care if they want to build their mosque next door to the Burlington building, or even closer to where the Twin Towers once stood - as long as it is not on property that was heavily hit on 9/11. That building should be preserved for future generations and posterity. It was being considered for landmark status since 1989, until the politics of this situation changed all of that.