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Originally Posted by Txjake
I have the constitutional rights to do many things, some of which may offend and anger others. It is not about the right to build this edifice there, but the message that it sends. Like it or not, it is like poking at th efreshly healing wound of a person you injured. Muslims flew those planes into the towers, Muslims account for the terrorists slaughtering people around the world, and now Muslims want to build a huge religious site in close proximity to an area they caused to be razed.
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Right. Which part of Obama's statement disagrees with anything you just said?
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Sort of like the KKK wanting to build their headquarters next to the MLK Musuem, or Nazi groups demanding equal time at the Holocaust Museum.
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Bogus comparison, IMHO.
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...This site is strictly an affront to that and nothing more...
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Says who? Newt Gingrich? Nobody involved with the project has said any such thing, unless I missed it.