Obama supports Ground Zero mosque. Religious freedom or is he being too PC?

We look at Britain in WWII, after the onslaught of the Battle of Britain. And we see Churchill (who was a conservative), saying words to the effect of And the British did press on, and the enemy was defeated.And now we look at USA after 9/11, which was a far smaller event than the Battle of Britain. And what was our response? In effect, it was: Osama wins, but not because he methods were effective. Osama wins because we are a nation of cowards, who abandon principle after a minor provocation. Osama wins because we are a nation of fools, who abandon common sense and move into the irrationality of mob rule.

This Salon report gives some background on how the current controversy started.

I completely agree.

How do you know that the Muslims have not seriously considered this, but decided that on balance it will be best to build?How do you know that this will be "offending many people"? Maybe it is just political theater, and relatively few people will really be offended.

It is good to see that the real onifre is back. I wonder who was that obviously fake substitute.

Uncle Jay explains this very well.

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Jesus was a liberal hippie

I really don't see the relevance.The folk at Comedy Central got to choose whether to show that episode.
The folk proposing the Islamic cultural center in New York get to decide whether to build their cultural center.That freedom of choice is what America is all about.So now we see a ridiculous hullabaloo, with politicians fanning the flames of racism, bigotry and hatred, all for totally political reasons. They are using mob psychology in very dangerous way.

It is more likely that they felt the heat coming from cable TV operators who were afraid of a negative reaction from their viewers.Edited by nwr, : typo

Clearly, they are announcing to the world that Christianity is a religion of hatred, bigotry and book burning.Yes, I agree that free speech gives them the constitutional right to do this. But it doesn't give them the moral right.I am wondering when Christianity decided to abandon the teachings of Jesus.

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Jesus was a liberal hippie

Too true.

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Jesus was a liberal hippie

I am not a fan of Islam. Likewise, I am not a fan of fundamentalist Christianity.I am a fan of the first amendment, and it is clear that they have the right to build their center.The campaign against the center is mostly political theater, orchestrated by the crazies.