On 08/19/2010 10:09 AM, Jeff Binkley -> Ross Sauer wrote:



 RS>>>>> The New York City landmarks commission decided this week to
 RS>> act BK> in the RS>> interest of New Yorkers rather than
 BK>>> out-of-state conservative pundits RS>> and voted to clear the
 BK>>> way for the construction of an Islamic center RS>> in lower
 BK>>> Manhattan, a few blocks from the site where the World Trade
 RS>>>>> that this site of A

 RC>>>> It is unacceptable to alot of people...

 BK>>> Which is not relevant to constitutional rights.

 RS>> The US is a country with majority Christian as a faith.

 RS>> We also get horror stories almost on a daily basis in our media, of
 RS>> atrocities caused by radical Muslims.

 RS>> So it's only natural, when polled, people are going to answer
"no" to
 RS>> a question "Should a mosque be allowed to be built at
Ground Zero?"

 RS>> Rephrase the question accurately, "Should a moderate Muslim
 RS>> organization be allowed to build a community center 2 blocks from
 RS>> Ground Zero?"

 RS>> That will get a more positive result for the poll.

 RS>> But people are also susceptible to demagoguery.

 JB> Let us know when you have those poll results and how you will gauge
 JB> moderate Mulsims. Until then, this is conjecture and wishful thinking.

What Otto Ar-Kay wants everyone to believe is that the polls so far have
used the words "should be allowed." In fact, the polls I have
seen have asked if Imam Rauf and his Cordoba Project has the right to build
there and a large majority agrees they do while an equal majority then
answer that Rauf should build it elsewhere if he truly wants to build
bridges between cultures.

Insisting that it's merely a community center ignores the fact that a
mosque is a major part of the building.

What is evident about Otto Ar-Kay and his fellow travelers' support for the
Cordoba project Park 51 mosque is that Obama and many pundits on the left
have put their support behind it. They make noise about how anyone who
opposes Rauf's decision to build there must be a religious bigot or
pandering to religious bigots until several prominent Democrats have voiced
their opposition.

What I find hilariously hypocritical is that many, if not most of those now
supporting the mosque being built at Park 51 oppose Glenn Beck's 8-28
"Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln memorial. While Obama
administration members will be speaking at the anti-Beck rally put together
by Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King's niece will be speaking at Beck's
rally.

Ed

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