While some families of 9/11 victims have spoken out against the Islamic community center to be built blocks from Ground Zero, it's incorrect to claim that "the 9/11 families," in general, oppose it. Hundreds have actually endorsed the plan.
Vile political failure Newt Gingrich has another stupid comparison for the Islamic center in lower Manhattan: "Nazis don't have the right to put up a sign next to the Holocaust Museum in Washington." How many things are wrong here?
On Friday, President Obama spoke out supporting the right of the developers of the Cordoba House—the so-called "ground zero mosque"—to build at their site. And Republicans wouldn't shut up about it. It's okay! We have other ideas.
The MTA has agreed to run these ugly ads opposing the Cordoba House (or, in the ad's words, "WTC Mega Mosque") on its buses. Luckily, there are no buses left in New York, thanks to the MTA's service cuts. [NYP]
The Simon Wiesenthal Center, which financed Manhattan's brand-new Museum of Tolerance, has joined fellow Jewish rights organization the Anti-Defamation League in opposing Cordoba House, the Islamic center near Ground Zero. Does Fareed Zakaria have any Wiesenthal Center awards to return?
Michael Bloomberg, having already delivered an eloquent defense of the Islamic community center near Ground Zero, has returned to his typical testiness. Today, for example, he told a radio host, "It's a shame we even have to talk about this."
Occasionally, New York City's King, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, takes stands that aren't the easiest, politically. Now that Cordoba House—the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque"—will be constructed, let's give the man major credit for his rigorous defense.
The Anti-Defamation League has issued a pathetic statement opposing Cordoba House, aka the "Ground Zero Mosque." While the ADL condemns the bigotry galvanizing Cordoba's opponents, and thinks proponents have "every right" to build there... it says they shouldn't anyway. Huh?
Newt Gingrich, who's justified his opposition to the "Ground Zero Mosque" by noting that there aren't churches in Saudi Arabia, now says that these Muslims should build their community center near Central Park, or Columbia. How about Connecticut, Newt? Quebec?