PrintAugust 17, 2010
What If It Were the Klan, Mr. Mayor?
Is the Ground Zero mosque kerfuffle really about general principles applicable to all religions? Does Mayor Michael Bloomberg mean it when he says of the proposed Islamic mosque that is intended to loom over Ground Zero, "Lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion? That may happen in other countries, but we should never allow it to happen here."Oh really? Would that apply to The United Realms of America, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, whose particular religious convictions are reflected and advanced through their "White Christian Church"?Would Bloomberg and City Council President Christina Quinn and the ten religious leaders* -- who stood with him in lower Manhattan as he was making his speech on tolerance, Lady Liberty as backdrop for picture-taking purposes -- have taken out their pompoms for the United...(Read Full Article)
