The Catholic Church proposed building a church within two blocks of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City. What are they thinking?

Think the nutbars would come out on this? Bet not.

I must have missed the part where the Republicans were against the mosque. They are definitely for the president sticking up for them.

It is the incumbent Democrats that are worried.

“Fact president refuses to face is the ground zero mosque is a political statement of radical Islamist triumph over world trade center,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich tweeted on Saturday.

(Sarah) Palin’s tweet: “Mr. President, why are they so set on marking an area w/ mosque steps from what you described, in agreement with many, as "hallowed ground”?

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, though he represents a relatively heavily Muslim state, rebuffed pleas from local Muslim leaders to back off his suggestion that the mosque would "degrade and disrespect" the Trade Center site, Politico reported.

A spokesman for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney cited both "the wishes of the families of the deceased and the potential for extremists to use the mosque for global recruiting and propaganda" in opposing it.



Then, of course, there's this wonderful bit of racist propaganda from the National Republican Trust--

GOP Trust. Sounds kind of Republican to me.

Sounds more like an oxymoron to me.

Point! Set! Match!

Reducing the situation to your characteristic anti-Republican race card spew not only (once again) delegitimizes and demeans the true definition of "racist", but also your input.

This is a complex, many tentacled, far-reaching issue for our country. If one takes the time to read the books Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf has written, not only for western readers, but also excerpt translations of the versions published for mid-eastern muslim readers, you will find that fact undeniable. It was an incredibly serious mistake for the Bush administration to embrace and support this man and his cause, and it is a mistake for the B.O. administration to do the same.

As a strong advocate for Islamic law to be practiced the United States, Rauf represents a creeping religious, social, and political cancer determined to undermine and then destroy our Constitution and way of life as we know it.

Funky, as a woman, the things this man advocates should outrage you.

Even on the surface, those of you who continually cry "separation of church and state" should be outraged that this man travels the world first class lecturing about "religion in America" on taxpayer dollars. (And just to make my position clear, imo, there should be no "religious ambassador" funded by taxpayers.)

This is about much, much more than an official "mosque" three blocks from ground-zero. There are much, much deeper implications for this country.

I agree.

If racist idiots are allowed to hijack this issue for political purposes, as opposed to simply following the Constitution and the law, then I propose we ban all Christian churches within 500 miles of an abortion clinic--and nobody gets grandfathered in.

After all, all Christians are complicit in the continuing campaign of terrorism against doctors performing a legal medical procedure, right?

my strike.