The Constitution and the Mosque

[groovedaddy]

President Obama showed his understanding of the Constitution, and his respect for the American people, last week when he defended the right of a Muslim community group to build a mosque and Islamic center two blocks north of ground zero in Lower Manhattan.

Mr. Obama’s words at a White House dinner celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan were simple and forceful. “Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country,” he said.

Republican ideologues, predictably, used his statement as one more excuse not only to attack the president but to spew more of their intolerant rhetoric.

Newt Gingrich, who has been beating this drum for weeks, accused the president of “pandering to radical Islam” and said the mosque would be a symbol of Muslim “triumphalism.” We were hesitant about repeating those comments here. But the country ignores such cynicism and ugliness at its own peril. Make no mistake, the rest of the world is listening.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/opinion/17tue2.html?th&emc=th

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Good for the NYTimes editors for printing this.

[TexanRudeBoy]

2. Just use this argument on them

Anyone against this mosque can't possibly support the showing of the Confederate flag. Most of the critics accept that its well within their right to build it, but they say its "insensitive". Well that's the exact same argument against Confederate flags......

[Glassunion]

3. Can I fly my Confederate Flag over the mosque?

:sarcasm: