Religous Freedom

Submitted by Ilbert Phillips (United States), Aug 22, 2010 at 02:51

There are actually two issues: (1) What does the constitution require. (2) The wisdom of building the mosque two blocks from ground zero. (1) There is no absolute right to exercise your religious rites in the United States. For example, one needs a proper building permit. Even though smoking peyote is a part of some Native American ritual, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the government may prohibit the use of peyote. The Mormon believe in polygomy, but states have been allowed by the Courts to prohibit polygomy, and the Mormons were forced to abandon the practice for the State of Utah to become a State. (2) Even if the City of New York has granted the Cordoba project the right to build a mosque at the site in question, the issue is will the mosque being built bring about a better understanding between the Moslims and non-Moslims, a goal the builders claim is their objective. We know that a large number of non-Moslims find the Mosque offensive. One would think that if the Moslims were sincere about their goal, they would build elsewhere. But they are lying about their goal which is why they are not building else. The leader of the project will not even admit that Hamas are terrorists. The leader of this project cannot be honest about his goal because he is an inveterate liar. The mosque is designed to be an in your face project.

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