I, as many others do, have very strong feelings about the mosque that my be built in NYC. i had not planed on ever posting my view but I just felt that I should share this exchange that I had last night on Facebook.
Miss A - I don't like the idea of the Muslim Mosque!!! What do yall think?
3 hours ago via Facebook for iPhone · ·
- Miss H NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!3 hours ago ·
Miss X - I think they just want to put it in that building because it is close to the twin towers to remind the USA what they did. They are probably proud of themselves and they WILL try again here. They think they got away with most of it.3 hours ago ·
Miss A - I wished we the people got to vote on this subject.3 hours ago ·
Miss H - Join the Cause I posted above! We can at least let them know how we feel!!3 hours ago ·- Miss X - That is exactly what I think!!! NOOOOOOO!!!! I think it is the worst kind of insult. We do not and should not put up with these people doing this.3 hours ago · ·
Michael WarwickI have no trouble with the mosque. This is after all the USA and we have freedom of religion. This is on private property and as a free country they have a right to build a mosque wherever they are able. As far as "we the people" being able... to vote on this, do you really want "we the people" telling you what you can do on your own private property? This is truly un-American.
Here is a direct quote from DNAinfo-Manhattan news.
"The area around Ground Zero is packed with liquor stores, bars, and even sex shops, not quite the unblemished hallowed ground mosque opponents say they want to protect, according to a Daily News report.
In addition to the seedier establishments, there are also dozens of salons, pizza shops and banks within three blocks of the site, according to the paper.
Groups opposed to the building of a Islamic cultural center and mosque on the site of a former Burlington Coat Factory at 45 Park Place have called the plan insensitive because of its proximity to Ground Zero.
Also taking up space near the site of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks are Thunder Lingerie, and the Pussycat Lounge, a strip club, located just two blocks away from Ground Zero, the same distance as the proposed Islamic Cultural Center, according to the News.
The paper also counted 10 churches, three synagogues, a Buddhist community center, a Hare Krishna gathering place and a Muslim prayer center."See More2 hours ago · ·- Miss XI am not disputing the religion, it is the building that I am not liking. They could put it somewhere else yet they choose this place? One has to wonder if it is truly their religion they are thinking of and not the close proximity to the... twin towers to make an insulting, degrading, and sneaky statement to the people of this country. No sir, I don't think they should be allowed to do this. It is an affront to everyone that died that day and their families. There are other places they can locate their mosque. They need to do so.58 minutes ago ·
- Michael WarwickSo how far out do we need to tell them to go? 10, 15, 20 blocks away? Or is it an affront to all of Manhattan? No Mosque on the island. Oh, but wait! We don't want it in the boroughs either. They were just as affected by 9-11 so, no mosque ...in all of NYC. OK lets say the whole state of New York says NO MOSQUE IN OUR STATE! Well, we need to be sensitive and not build any mosque in the state. Right?
The answer is no. They have the right to build that mosque anywhere they want. Just like a skinhead group has the right to build a gathering place next to a Jewish center or someone can build a monument to the Civil Rights Movement next to a KKK meeting place or the HORRIBLE Focus on the Family can build a meeting place next to a gay bar. Just because a group you don't like or see eye to eye with moves next door to you that does not give us the right to chase them away. You agree with their right to their religion but they also have the right to assemble. Yet another right given to us lucky Americans. As long as no one is breaking the law and they own the property or the person who owns the property has no trouble with it then it is really none of our business.
The other thing that is bothering me is that we are treating EVERY Muslim as if they are terrorist. They are so sneaky and all they want is to overthrow the government. Well, I have learned that is is not fair to say that every person in any group is exactly a certain way. A perfect example are the groups that say that every gay man is a pedophile. Believe me when I tell you that I not only do not want to have sex with children, I don't really like kids. We can also say that all Mexicans are wetbacks, all blacks are probably criminals and we know that all Jewish people are cheep, the Brits all have bad teeth and all the French hate Americans.
it is just so silly! It is petty and predigest. So many people would rather believe the worst about a group of people because they are different. If it is in fact "an affront to everyone that died that day and their familie." (and I did know someone who died that day) then by all means let them speak and assemble and vote, but in my heart of hearts I know that to keep this mosque from happening is wrong. It go against everything on which this country was built.See Morea few seconds ago · ·
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